Timeline April 2014

Events in April 2014 11

• 1920 – 2014 Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) Died 6 April 2014, aged 93 Mickey Rooney, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood's golden age and a top box-office draw in the 1930s and 1940s, died in California. His career spanned nearly the entire history of American film, from silent movies to modern cinema. He appeared in over 300 films across nine decades.
• 1927 – 2014 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) Died 17 April 2014, aged 87 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude," died in Mexico City. He was the leading figure of the Latin American magical realism literary movement. His works remain among the most widely read in world literature.
• 1937 – 2014 Rubin Carter (1937-2014) Died 20 April 2014, aged 76 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer wrongfully convicted of murder whose case became a cause celebre after Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane," died in Toronto. He spent almost 20 years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 1985. He spent his later years as an advocate for the wrongfully convicted.
• 1942 – 2014 Bob Hoskins (1942-2014) Died 29 April 2014, aged 71 Bob Hoskins, the English actor known for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Long Good Friday," died in a hospital in England from pneumonia. He had retired from acting the previous year after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He was noted for his gritty, versatile screen presence.
• 1989 – 2014 Peaches Geldof (1989-2014) Died 7 April 2014, aged 25 Peaches Geldof, English television presenter and journalist, and daughter of musician Bob Geldof, died suddenly at her home in Kent from a heroin overdose. Her death echoed the accidental drug-related death of her mother, Paula Yates, in 2000. She left behind two young sons.
• 2014 Heartbleed security bug disclosed Major flaw found in widely used OpenSSL encryption software Security researchers disclosed Heartbleed, a serious vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic library used to secure a large portion of the internet. The bug allowed attackers to read sensitive memory from affected servers, potentially exposing passwords and private keys. It prompted a mass scramble by websites and companies to patch systems and reissue security certificates.
• 2014 Nirvana inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted in their first year of eligibility.
• 2014 Peter Gabriel inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Second induction Inducted as a solo artist, after Genesis in 2010.
• 2014 Boko Haram kidnaps schoolgirls in Chibok Nearly 300 girls abducted from a Nigerian secondary school The militant group Boko Haram abducted 276 female students from a government school in Chibok, Nigeria. The mass kidnapping drew global condemnation and spawned the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Dozens of the girls remained missing for years afterward.
• 2014 Sinking of the MV Sewol South Korean ferry disaster kills over 300, mostly students The ferry MV Sewol capsized and sank off the coast of South Korea while traveling from Incheon to Jeju, killing 304 people, most of them high school students on a field trip. The disaster exposed serious safety failures and a botched government rescue response. It led to major reforms of South Korea's maritime safety regulations.
• 2014 2014 World Snooker Championship Selby First Title Winner: Mark Selby; Runner-up: Ronnie O’Sullivan. Score: 18–14.