March 14
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March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (74th in leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year.
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[change] Events
- 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.
- 1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for cotton gin.
- 1888 – A three-day snowstorm in the Eastern US leaves 400 people dead.
- 1898 – Young Boys Berne Football Club is founded.
- 1905 – Chelsea FC is founded.
- 1939 – Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
- 1951 – For the second time, UN troops recapture Seoul.
- 1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald
- 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.
- 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.
[change] Births
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 1862 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (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)
- 1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher (d. 1961)
- 1911 – Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
- 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
- 1939 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
- 1941 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director
- 1945 – Jasper Carrott, British comedian
- 1945 – Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho
- 1947 – Pam Ayres, British poet
- 1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
- 1956 – Tessa Sanderson, British athlete
- 1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
- 1965 – Aamir Khan, Indian actor
- 1975 – Fredrik Ericsson, Swedish climber (d. 2010)
- 1976 – Phil Vickery, English rugby player
- 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
- 1982 – Francois Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
- 1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
- 1983 – Taylor Hanson, American musician
- 1985 – Idaira, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Jamie Bell, British actor
- 1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
[change] Deaths
- 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)
- 1803 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1774)
- 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)
- 1973 – Howard Aiken, American engineer (b. 1900)
- 1977 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American Civil Rights activist (b. 1917)
- 1980 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
[change] Observances
- Pi Day
- National Mother Tongue Day (Estonia) celebrating the birthday of the poet Kristjan Jaak Peterson
- White Day (Japan and Korea)
