Today in History - 14 April

1816 – Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
2014 – Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.