Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni crisis
  • The United States military evacuates the remaining 100 Special Operations forces members in the country due to the deteriorating security situation. (CNN)

Arts and culture

• Hindu New Year
  • Both the Vikram Samwat (Year 2072) and the Shaka Samvat or Indian national calendar (Year 1933) occur today in the Hindu New Year (Ugadi) according to Indian calendars.^{[citation needed]}

Disasters and accidents

• 2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
  • Residents living on the east coast of the Northern Territory prepare for the second tropical cyclone to hit the area in a month as Tropical Cyclone Nathan is likely to make landfall tomorrow morning. (ABC News Australia)
• A fire in Brooklyn, New York kills seven children and leaves two others critically injured. (The New York Times) (AP)
• An Egyptian accident in which a bus falls off of a bridge and plunges into a canal near Giza city kills at least 35 people. (NEWS.CO.AU)