Events Date 2014 April | History by KabAstro

Apr 1 NATO suspends all practical civilian and military cooperation with Russia
Apr 3 Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is elected President of Malta

Canonization

Apr 3 Pope Francis canonizes François de Laval, first bishop of Quebec, as a Catholic saint

Apr 4 President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, claims that climate change will lead to battles over water and food within the next five to ten years
Apr 5 167th Grand National: Leighton Aspell wins aboard Pineau de Re; sixth French-bred horse to win the GN
Apr 5 Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire picks up the 1,000th win of his MLB career as the Twins score a 7 - 3 victory over the Cleveland Indians

Academy of Country Music Awards

Apr 6 49th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert win

Country Singer-Songwriter Miranda Lambert

Cricket History

Apr 6 ICC Men's Cricket T20 World Cup, Mirpur: Sri Lanka wins their first title with 6 wicket victory over India with 13 balls remaining; Player of the Series: Indian batsman Virat Kohli (319 runs)

Apr 6 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Dhaka: captain Meg Lanning's 44 from 30 balls leads Australia to 106/4; beat England 105/8 to win by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining); 3rd consecutive T20 WC

Golf Major

Apr 6 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: 19-year-old Lexi Thompson shoots a bogey-free final round 68 to win her first major title, 3 strokes ahead of Michelle Wie

Election of Interest

Apr 6 Viktor Orbán's Fidesz is re-elected Prime Minister of Hungary

WrestleMania

Apr 6 WrestleMania XXX, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA (75,167): Daniel Bryan defeats Batista and Randy Orton in Triple Threat title match

Apr 7 76th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Kentucky, 60-54; 2nd time a school has won both men's & women's Div I national titles in same year
Apr 8 33rd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Notre Dame, 79-58; 2nd time a school has won both men's & women's Div I national titles in same year

Sports History

Apr 8 Mike Babcock wins his 414th career game as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, becoming the winningest coach in Red Wings history (passing Jack Adams)

Apr 9 Joel Embiid declares for the 2014 NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility
Apr 9 Stuart Parkin is awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for his work on magnetic storage

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Apr 10 "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone premieres in London

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Apr 10 29th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Peter Gabriel; Hall & Oates; KISS; Nirvana; Linda Ronstadt; Cat Stevens; The E Street Band; Brian Epstein; and Andrew Loog Oldham

Music Entrepreneur and Beatles Manager Brian Epstein

Singer-Songwriter and Musician Dave Grohl

Apr 10 88 civilians are killed by barrel bombs from Syrian war planes in Aleppo, Syria
Apr 10 The Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote
Apr 12 The new drug, ABT-450, with a 90-95% success rate for treating Hepatitis C, is announced

US Masters Golf

Apr 13 78th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bubba Watson wins his 2nd Masters, 3 shots ahead of runners-up Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth

Apr 13 Kenyan Wilson Kipsang wins the London Marathon

Boxing Title Fight

Apr 13 Manny Pacquiao defeats Timothy Bradley to regain his WBO welterweight boxing title

Fargo

Apr 15 US TV series "Fargo" created by Noah Hawley, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, and Martin Freeman premieres on FX

Actor and Film Director Billy Bob Thornton

Apr 16 Real Madrid defeat Barcelona to win its 19th Copa del Rey trophy
Apr 16 South Korean ferry MV Sewol sinks on route Incheon to Jeju, 304 drown, mostly students. National controversy erupts over rescue efforts and actions of crew and owner.

Event of Interest

Apr 17 Abdelaziz Bouteflika wins a fourth term as President of Algeria

President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Music Concert

Apr 17 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Bruno Mars, Jennifer Hudson, and Bryn Terfel

Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist James Taylor

Apr 18 12 Nepalese climbers are killed by an avalanche on Mt Everest

Sports History

Apr 18 Marco van Basten is announced to replace Dick Advocaat as the manager of AZ Alkmaar at the start of the 2014-15 season

Apr 21 118th Boston Marathon: American Meb Keflezighi men's champion in 2:08:37; Rita Jeptoo of Kenya wins her 2nd women's title in 2:18:57
Apr 22 David Moyes is sacked as manager of Manchester United
Apr 23 60 people are killed & 80 are injured after a train crashes in The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Apr 26 Oratorio for chorus evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life "Anthracite Fields" by composer Julia Wolfe premieres in Philadelphia (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015) [1]