March 14
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March 14 is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 292 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 44 BC - Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before Julius Caesar's killing, that Mark Antony should stay alive.
- 1489 - Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro sells her kingdom to Venice.
- 1590 - Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and a force of Huguenots defeat forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
- 1647 – Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
- 1743 – The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall.
- 1780 - American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in then-Spanish Louisiana.
- 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for cotton gin.
- 1800 - Giorgio Barnaba Luigi Chiaramonti is elected to become Pope Pius VII.
- 1888 – A three-day snowstorm in the Eastern US leaves 400 people dead.
- 1898 – Young Boys Berne Football Club is founded.
- 1899 - The Belgica expedition in Antarctica can continue again after just over a year of being stuck in pack-ice.
- 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States Currency on the gold standard.
- 1903 - The Hay-Herran Treaty is ratified by the United States Senate, giving the United States the right to build the Panama Canal. It is later rejected by the Senate of Colombia, which at the time still included present-day Panama.
- 1905 – Chelsea FC is founded.
- 1910 - Blow-out of the Lakeview Number One oil gusher in California.
- 1915 - World War I: German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned by her crew, after being cornered by the Royal Navy off Chile.
- 1926 - A train crash between Heredia and Tibas in Costa Rica kills 248 people.
- 1931 - Aram Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
- 1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
- 1943 - Holocaust: The Krakow Ghetto is "liquidated".
- 1950 - The FBI publishes its Ten Most Wanted list for the first time.
- 1951 – Korean War: For the second time, UN troops recapture Seoul.
- 1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
- 1972 - Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed in an explosion in Segrate.
- 1978 - The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon.
- 1979 - In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident aircraft crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200 people.
- 1980 – A plane crash in Poland kills 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
- 1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- 2004 – Russian President Vladimir Putin wins a second term in office. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe deems the election only partially democratic.
- 2004 – Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is elected Prime Minister of Spain, succeeding Jose Maria Aznar, whose response to the Madrid bombings is seen as a deciding factor in the outcome of the election.
- 2006 – Members of the Chadian military stage a coup attempt.
- 2008 - Widespread protests begin in Lhasa and across Tibet.
- 2012 – The International Criminal Court finds the leader of the Union of Congolese patriots Thomas Lubanga guilty of war crimes.
- 2012 – In the United Kingdom, Perth, Chelmsford and Saint Asaph become cities.
Births [change]
- 1638 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
- 1681 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (d. 1767)
- 1790 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
- 1801 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet (d. 1822)
- 1804 – Johann Strauß, Sr., Austrian composer (d. 1849)
- 1807 – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)
- 1820 – Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, 1st King of Italy (d. 1878)
- 1821 – Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, Danish archaeologist (d. 1885)
- 1822 - Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
- 1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first female dentist in the United States (d. 1910)
- 1835 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
- 1844 – King Umberto I of Italy (d. 1900)
- 1848 - Albert Robida, French writer, artist and caricaturist (d. 1926)
- 1851 - John Sebastian Little, 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)
- 1854 – Paul Ehrlich, German doctor, won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1915)
- 1854 – Thomas R. Marshall, 28th Vice President of the United States (d. 1925)
- 1854 - Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (d. 1929)
- 1862 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (d. 1951)
- 1866 - Alexei Troitsky, Russian chess problemist (d. 1942)
- 1868 - Emily Murphy, Canadian women's rights activist (d. 1933)
- 1869 - Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)
- 1871 - Anton Philips, Dutch electronics businessman (d. 1951)
- 1879 – Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1880 – Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1945)
- 1882 – Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (d. 1969)
- 1899 - Ricardo Adolfo de Guardia Arango, 21st President of Panama (d. 1969)
- 1903 - Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (d. 1979)
- 1904 - Doris Eaton Travis, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher (d. 1961)
- 1911 – Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (d. 2005)
- 1912 - Les Brown, American bandleader (d. 2001)
- 1920 - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
- 1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
- 1926 - Francois Morel, Canadian pianist, conductor and music educator
- 1927 - Philippe Lemaire, French actor (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Frank Borman, American astronaut
- 1931 – Lisbet Palme, wife of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme
- 1932 – Naina Yeltsina, wife of Russian President Boris Yeltsin
- 1933 – Michael Caine, British actor and director
- 1933 – Quincy Jones, American musician and bandleader
- 1934 – Eugene Cernan, American astronaut
- 1934 - Paul Rader, 15th General of the Salvation Army
- 1934 - Dionigi Tettamanzi, Italian cardinal
- 1936 - Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
- 1939 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
- 1939 - Bertrand Blier, French film director and screenwriter
- 1939 - Yves Boisset, French film director and screenwriter
- 1939 - Raymond J. Barry, American television, film and stage actor
- 1941 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director
- 1942 - Rita Tushingham, British actress
- 1944 - Vaclav Nedomansky, Czech ice hockey player
- 1945 – Jasper Carrott, British comedian
- 1945 – Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho
- 1945 - Walter Parazaider, American jazz saxophonist
- 1947 – Pam Ayres, British poet
- 1947 - William J. Jefferson, American politician
- 1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
- 1948 - Tom Coburn, American politician
- 1948 - Theo Jansen, Dutch artist
- 1951 - Jerry Greenfield, American businessman, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
- 1956 – Tessa Sanderson, British athlete
- 1957 - Franco Frattini, Italian politician
- 1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- 1962 - Narumi Tsunoda, Japanese voice actress
- 1965 – Aamir Khan, Indian actor
- 1965 - Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter, producer, director and actor
- 1966 - Johan Elmer, Danish film director, screenwriter and actor
- 1969 - Gary Anthony Williams, American actor
- 1970 - Junior Baiano, Brazilian footballer
- 1970 - Chris Hondros, American photographer (d. 2011)
- 1973 - Rohit Shetty, Indian film director
- 1974 - Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Fredrik Ericsson, Swedish climber (d. 2010)
- 1976 – Phil Vickery, English rugby player
- 1977 - Kim Nam-Il, South Korean footballer
- 1977 – Matthew Booth, South African footballer
- 1977 – Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011)
- 1977 – Vadims Fjodorovs, Latvian footballer
- 1978 – Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
- 1978 – Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
- 1979 – Gao Ling, Chinese badminton player
- 1979 – Nicolas Anelka, French footballer
- 1980 - Matteo Grassotto, Italian racing driver
- 1981 - Jan Polak, Czech footballer
- 1982 – Francois Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
- 1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Kate Maberly, English actress and musician
- 1983 - Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakhstani boxer
- 1983 – Taylor Hanson, American musician
- 1984 - Liesel Matthews, American actress
- 1985 – Idaira, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Jamie Bell, British actor
- 1988 - Lautaro Acosta, Argentine footballer
- 1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
- 1989 - Colby O'Donis, American singer
- 1990 - Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
- 1992 - Jasmine Murray, American singer
Deaths [change]
- 313 – Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor (b. 284)
- 968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (b. 895)
- 1457 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
- 1632 – Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shogun (b. 1579)
- 1647 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
- 1765 - Ayagawa Gorogi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1703)
- 1803 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1774)
- 1805 - Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
- 1811 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
- 1877 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentine military leader (b. 1793)
- 1883 – Karl Marx, German political theorist (b. 1818)
- 1884 – Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
- 1932 – George Eastman, American inventor (b. 1854)
- 1933 - Balto, famous Siberian husky (b. 1919)
- 1957 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Greek-Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
- 1965 - Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
- 1972 - Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Italian publisher and political activist (b. 1926)
- 1973 – Howard Aiken, American engineer (b. 1900)
- 1973 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
- 1973 - Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
- 1975 - Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
- 1976 - Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
- 1977 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American Civil Rights activist (b. 1917)
- 1980 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
- 1983 - Maurice Ronet, French film actor (b. 1927)
- 1984 - Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (b. 1915)
- 1989 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria (b. 1892)
- 1989 – Edward Abbey, American author and environmental activist (b. 1927)
- 1991 – Howard Ashman, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950)
- 1991 - Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
- 1992 – Jean Noiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 1995 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (b. 1929)
- 2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French Resistance activist (b. 1912)
- 2008 – Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and founder of the Focolare (b. 1920)
- 2009 – Alain Bashung, French singer and actor (b. 1947)
- 2010 – Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Censu Tabone, 4th President of Malta (b. 1913)
Observances [change]
- Pi Day
- National Mother Tongue Day (Estonia) celebrating the birthday of the poet Kristjan Jaak Peterson
- White Day (Japan and Korea)
