March, 14th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 14, 2005:
The online statistics service SOTKAnet is opened for the public in Finland.

Sunday 14, 2004:
Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia, while the PSOE wins elections in Spain just days after terrorist attacks in Madrid.

Saturday 14, 1998:
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

Friday 14, 1997:
The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality

Thursday 14, 1996:
American President Bill Clinton commits $100 million to an anti-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.

Tuesday 14, 1995:
Manned space mission: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.

Monday 14, 1994:
Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

Thursday 14, 1991:
After 16 years in prison for allegedly bombing a pub in an Irish Republican Army attack, the "Birmingham Six" are freed when a court determines that the police fabricated evidence.

Tuesday 14, 1989:
Gun control: President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of assault rifles into the United States.

Wednesday 14, 1984:
Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

Friday 14, 1980:
In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing a 14-man American boxing team and 73 others.

Wednesday 14, 1979:
In China, a Hawker-Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.

Tuesday 14, 1978:
The Israeli Defense Force, in retaliation for a terrorist attack three days earlier, invades and occupies southern Lebanon, under codename Operation Litani, resulting in the evacuation of at least 100,000 Lebanese, approximately 2,000 deaths, as well as the creation of United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Tuesday 14, 1967:
The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Saturday 14, 1964:
A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

Saturday 14, 1959:
J.R.D.A.C.I. founded at a congress in Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire.

Wednesday 14, 1951:
Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

Tuesday 14, 1939:
German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.

Wednesday 14, 1923:
Pete Parker does the first-ever complete radio broadcast of a hockey game in the world, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Sunday 14, 1915:
World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the disastrous Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.

Saturday 14, 1903:
Theodore Roosevelt issues an executive order making Pelican Island, in Florida, a “preserve and breeding ground for native birds,” marking the birth of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Wednesday 14, 1900:
The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

Sunday 14, 1869:
Defeat of Titokowaru.

Friday 14, 1800:
Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected Pope Pius VII

Friday 14, 1794:
Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

Monday 14, 1757:
On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.

Thursday 14, 1647:
Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.

Wednesday 14, 1590:
Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.

Monday 14, 1492:
1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille orders her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.

Thursday 14, 1489:
The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 14

1986:
Jamie Bell, British actor (b: March 14, 1986) (Biography of Jamie Bell)

1983:
Taylor Hanson, American musician (Hanson) (b: March 14, 1983) (Biography of Taylor Hanson)

1981:
Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist (b: March 14, 1981) (Biography of Mei-Ting Sun)

1979:
Chris Klein, American actor (b: March 14, 1979) (Biography of Chris Klein (actor))

1978:
Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer (b: March 14, 1978) (Biography of Pieter van den Hoogenband)

1977:
Mervyn Colley, British kabbalist and ceremonial magician (b: March 14, 1977) (Biography of Mervyn Colley)

1976:
Catherine Dent, American actress (b: March 14, 1976) (Biography of Catherine Dent)
Merlin Santana, American actor (b: March 14, 1976) (Biography of Merlin Santana)

1965:
Aamir Khan, Indian actor (b: March 14, 1965) (Biography of Aamir Khan)
Kevin Brown, baseball player (b: March 14, 1965) (Biography of Kevin Brown)
Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter (b: March 14, 1965) (Biography of Kevin Williamson)

1963:
Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer (b: March 14, 1963) (Biography of Bruce Reid)

1961:
Kirby Puckett, baseball player (b: March 14, 1961) (Biography of Kirby Puckett)
Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress (b: March 14, 1961) (Biography of Penny Johnson Jerald)

1958:
Albert II of Monaco (b: March 14, 1958) (Biography of Albert II, Prince of Monaco)

1950:
Rick Dees, American disc jockey (b: March 14, 1950) (Biography of Rick Dees)

1947:
Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian (b: March 14, 1947) (Biography of Billy Crystal)
Pam Ayres, British poet (b: March 14, 1947) (Biography of Pam Ayres)

1946:
Steve Kanaly, American actor (b: March 14, 1946) (Biography of Steve Kanaly)

1945:
Jasper Carrott, British comedian (b: March 14, 1945) (Biography of Jasper Carrott)

1941:
Wolfgang Petersen, German director (b: March 14, 1941) (Biography of Wolfgang Petersen)

1934:
Eugene Cernan, Gemini and Apollo astronaut (b: March 14, 1934) (Biography of Eugene Cernan)

1933:
Michael Caine, British actor (b: March 14, 1933) (Biography of Michael Caine)
Quincy Jones, American music producer and composer (b: March 14, 1933) (Biography of Quincy Jones)

1928:
Frank Borman, astronaut and airline executive (b: March 14, 1928) (Biography of Frank Borman)

1925:
Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b: March 14, 1925 ; d: July 19, 2004) (Biography of Francis A. Marzen)

1923:
Diane Arbus, American photographer (b: March 14, 1923 ; d: July 26, 1971) (Biography of Diane Arbus)

1920:
Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b: March 14, 1920 ; d: June 1, 2001) (Biography of Hank Ketcham)

1918:
Dennis Patrick, American actor (b: March 14, 1918) (Biography of Dennis Patrick)

1916:
Horton Foote, American writer (b: March 14, 1916) (Biography of Horton Foote)

1915:
Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor and composer (b: March 14, 1915) (Biography of Alexander Brott)

1914:
Bill Owen, British actor (b: March 14, 1914 ; d: July 12, 1999) (Biography of Bill Owen)
Lee Petty, American race car driver (b: March 14, 1914 ; d: April 5, 2000) (Biography of Lee Petty)

1912:
Les Brown, American band leader (b: March 14, 1912) (Biography of Les Brown)

1903:
Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (b: March 14, 1903 ; d: March 1, 1979) (Biography of Mustafa Barzani)

1887:
Sylvia Beach, American expatriate publisher (b: March 14, 1887) (Biography of Sylvia Beach)

1885:
Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (b: March 14, 1885 ; d: May 19, 1918) (Biography of Raoul Lufbery)

1882:
Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (b: March 14, 1882 ; d: October 21, 1969) (Biography of Waclaw Sierpinski)

1879:
Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 14, 1879 ; d: April 18, 1955) (Biography of Albert Einstein)

1869:
Algernon Blackwood, British writer (b: March 14, 1869 ; d: December 10, 1951) (Biography of Algernon Blackwood)

1854:
Paul Ehrlich, physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: March 14, 1854 ; d: August 20, 1915) (Biography of Paul Ehrlich)

1853:
Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (b: March 14, 1853) (Biography of Ferdinand Hodler)

1844:
King Umberto I of Italy (b: March 14, 1844 ; d: July 29, 1900) (Biography of Umberto I of Italy)

1835:
Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b: March 14, 1835 ; d: July 4, 1910) (Biography of Giovanni Schiaparelli)

1823:
Théodore de Banville, French writer (b: March 14, 1823 ; d: March 15, 1891) (Biography of Théodore de Banville)

1813:
Joseph Philo Bradley, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b: March 14, 1813 ; d: January 22, 1892) (Biography of Joseph Philo Bradley)

1804:
Johann Strauß, Sr., Austrian composer (b: March 14, 1804 ; d: September 25, 1849) (Biography of Johann Strauss I)

1681:
Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (b: March 14, 1681 ; d: June 25, 1767) (Biography of Georg Philipp Telemann)

1638:
Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b: March 14, 1638 ; d: January 21, 1710) (Biography of Johann Georg Gichtel)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-march/births.html

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People who died on March 14

2003:
Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b: September 27, 1945 ; d: March 14, 2003) (Biography of Jack Goldstein)
Jean-Luc Lagardère (d: March 14, 2003) (Biography of Jean-Luc Lagardère)

2002:
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b: February 11, 1900 ; d: March 14, 2002) (Biography of Hans-Georg Gadamer)
Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (b: September 3, 1930 ; d: March 14, 2002) (Biography of Cherry Wilder)

1997:
Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (b: April 29, 1907 ; d: March 14, 1997) (Biography of Fred Zinnemann)

1995:
William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 9, 1911 ; d: March 14, 1995) (Biography of William Alfred Fowler)

1991:
Doc Pomus, American musician and composer (b: June 27, 1925 ; d: March 14, 1991) (Biography of Doc Pomus)
Howard Ashman, American lyricist (b: May 3, 1950 ; d: March 14, 1991) (Biography of Howard Ashman)

1989:
Edward Abbey, American environmentalist (b: January 29, 1927 ; d: March 14, 1989) (Biography of Edward Abbey)

1977:
Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b: October 6, 1917 ; d: March 14, 1977) (Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer)

1976:
Busby Berkeley, American film director, and choreographer (b: November 29, 1895 ; d: March 14, 1976) (Biography of Busby Berkeley)

1975:
Susan Hayward, American actress (b: June 30, 1917 ; d: March 14, 1975) (Biography of Susan Hayward)

1973:
Chic Young, cartoonist (b: January 9, 1901 ; d: March 14, 1973) (Biography of Chic Young)
Rafael Godoy (d: March 14, 1973) (Biography of Rafael Godoy)

1932:
George Eastman, American inventor (b: July 12, 1854 ; d: March 14, 1932) (Biography of George Eastman)

1884:
Quintino Sella (d: March 14, 1884) (Biography of Quintino Sella)

1883:
Karl Marx, German political philosopher (b: May 5, 1818 ; d: March 14, 1883) (Biography of Karl Marx)

1823:
Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b: January 25, 1739 ; d: March 14, 1823) (Biography of Charles François Dumouriez)

1803:
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b: July 2, 1724 ; d: March 14, 1803) (Biography of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock)

1757:
John Byng, British admiral (b: October 29, 1704 ; d: March 14, 1757) (Biography of John Byng)

1748:
George Wade (d: March 14, 1748) (Biography of George Wade)

1698:
Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b: May 8, 1622 ; d: March 14, 1698) (Biography of Claes Rålamb (1622-1698))

1696:
Jean Domat, French jurist (b: November 30, 1625 ; d: March 14, 1696) (Biography of Jean Domat)

1682:
Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael (d: March 14, 1682) (Biography of Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael)

1680:
René Le Bossu, French critic (b: March 16, 1631 ; d: March 14, 1680) (Biography of René Le Bossu)

1648:
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b: March 29, 1584 ; d: March 14, 1648) (Biography of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron)

1647:
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b: January 29, 1584 ; d: March 14, 1647) (Biography of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange)

1471:
Thomas Malory (d: March 14, 1471) (Biography of Thomas Malory)

1457:
Jingtai Emperor of China (b: September 21, 1428 ; d: March 14, 1457) (Biography of Jingtai Emperor)

752:
Pope Zacharias (d: March 14, 752) (Biography of Pope Zacharias)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-march/deaths.html