At A Glance
7 April 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 April 2014 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 7 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 April 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 April 2014 was First Quarter.
On this day: 7 April
- 2009 Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
- 2011 The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.
- 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.
- 2018 Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the "Car-Wash Operation". Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, before being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- 2018 Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War.
Famous people born on April 7
- Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
- Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor (born 1964)
- Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
- James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (1928–2014)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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