April 14

This day in history:

• 2002 – Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
• 1967 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
• 1816 – Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion, for which he is remembered as the country's first national hero.
• 2003 – U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985.

Births:

• 1988 – Anthony Modeste, French footballer
• 1961 – Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor and director
• 1982 – Larissa França, Brazilian volleyball player

Deaths:

• 1070 – Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (b. c. 1030)
• 2001 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
• 1983 – Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)

Holidays:

• Vaisakhi (Since 2011)
• Day of the Georgian language (Georgia)
• World Quantum Day

Random Article of the day:

Daniel Pettersson (handballer)

Daniel Pettersson (born 6 May 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team.He made international debut on the Swedish national team in March 2014, against Germany.He participated at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship in Sweden. He also participated in bringing home the silver medal for Sweden in the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, and gold medal in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

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