On this day

April 18, 2014

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from April 18, 2014

Entwining Tales of Time, Memory and Love

By Michiko Kakutani

Gabriel García Márquez — who died on Thursday at his home in Mexico City, at the age of 87 — used his fecund imagination and exuberant sleight of hand to conjure the miraculous in his fiction.

Culture1126 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 16, 2014, covering April 18, 2014.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Frozen by Soundtrack

    Frozen

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    19
  2. 2
    Album cover for She Looks So Perfect (EP) by 5 Seconds of Summer

    She Looks So Perfect (EP)

    5 Seconds of Summer

    Last week
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for La Gargola by Chevelle

    La Gargola

    Chevelle

    Last week
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    1
  4. 4
    Album cover for Head Or Heart by Christina Perri

    Head Or Heart

    Christina Perri

    Last week
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    1
  5. 5
    Album cover for Shakira. by Shakira

    Shakira.

    Shakira

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    2

Notable Deaths

Guru Dhanapal

2014Guru Dhanapal, Indian director and producer (born 1959)[†]

Guru Dhanapal was an Indian film director, who worked in Tamil cinema, mostly with actor Sathyaraj.

2014Sanford Jay Frank, American screenwriter and producer (born 1954)[†]

Sanford Jay "Sandy" Frank, also known as Sandy Frank, was a television writer who was known as a writer for Late Night with David Letterman. He wrote for Letterman's NBC show for four years, during which the show won four Emmy Awards for comedy-variety writing. Frank had a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a law degree from Harvard and had written for The Harvard Lampoon.

Brian Priestman

2014Brian Priestman, English conductor and academic (born 1927)[†]

Brian Priestman was a British conductor and music educator.

Historical Context for April 18, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]