March 14

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on March 14. From 1900 until now. March 14 is under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Albert II Prince of Monaco (1958), Aamir Khan (1965) and Sasha Grey (1988). Several movies were released around March 14 over the years, such as Singin' in the Rain in 1952 directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly and Withnail & I in 1987 directed by Bruce Robinson.
But much more happened on March 14 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Albania - Summer Day: Albanian holiday Summer is celebrated in this day in Elbasan and its surroundings.
Pi Day - unofficial mathematics holiday.
Roman Empire - Equirria, horse races in honor of Mars were held.
Saint Mathildis
Saint Paulina
Blessed Eve of Liege
Japan - White Day: Japanese holiday similar to Valentine's Day (men give gifts to women).
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Events

2019 2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike: Two rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip at Tel Aviv, Israel; neither rocket was intercepted by the IDF's Iron Dome system. (The New York Times) (IDF Spokesperson)
2018 British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76 at his home in Cambridge. (The Guardian) (The New York Times) (BBC)
2017 Piracy off the coast of Somalia: Off the northern coast of Somalia, Somali pirates hijack the Aris 13, a United Arab Emirates-owned oil tanker, kidnapping eight Sri Lankan crew members. This is the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel in five years. (AP via The Independent)
2016 March 2016 Ankara bombing: Turkey’s Interior Minister Efkan Ala says the results of the investigation into yesterday's bombing in Ankara will be made public later today. Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu says 125 people were transported to a hospital, with 19 in critical condition. Two Kurdish militants have been blamed for the bombing. (BBC) (News.com.au) (Fox News)
2015 The United Nations will send emergency aid to Vanuatu with at least four people officially dead and reports of dozens more dead after Cyclone Pam hit yesterday. (Reuters via Daily Mail)(AP)
2014 Attacks all across Pakistan leave dozens dead, with the most violence centered in Peshawar and Quetta. (Reuters)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: A string of coordinated car bombs and suicide bombers strike central Baghdad, followed by a militant attack on the Justice Ministry building. At least 25 people are killed, including 7 police officers and 3 militants, along with 50 wounded. (CNN) (Reuters)
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 Arab Spring
2010 A massive power outage occurs in parts of Chile, including Santiago, with ONEMI working to restore service. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Santiago Times)
2009 A copy of the first Superman comic (Action Comics, Number 1, June 1938) sells at an auction for US$317,200.
2008 A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
2007 The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead.
2006 Washington D.C. officials unveil the designs for a new 41,000-seat ballpark.
2005 Massive protests take place in Beirut, Lebanon, against the Syrian presence there. With an estimated turnout of 800,000. (ABC News)
2004 The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) wins the Spanish Legislative elections. The outgoing government's support for the US-led invasion of Iraq was cited as a major factor leading to the Socialists' 43% plurality. (El Mundo) (BBC) (CNN) (Ministry of Home Affairs)
2003 Osiel Cárdenas, suspected leader of a Mexican drug cartel, is arrested in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
2002 125 vehicles are involved in a massive pile-up on Interstate 75 in Ringgold, Georgia, USA.
2001 This day is the 686th term of the Leibniz series at 3:49:28. This term in both sequences are 0.785033732 and 3.140134928 respectively.
1997 President Bill Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery.
1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
1995 1st time 13 people in space
1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard.
1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)
1992 Farm Aid V
1991 British Court of Appeal frees Birmingham 6 who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes President of the Soviet Congress
1989 Stack's auctions a $1000 US Treasury note for US$100,000, a record price for paper money.
1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
1985 Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1979 In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.
1978 US Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (one dead).
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race.
1973 Liam Cosgrave is appointed president of Ireland.
1972 Italian publisher and former partisan Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed by an explosion near Segrate.
1971 Barbra Streisand appears on The Burt Bacharach Special on CBS TV
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the US Central Intelligence Agency.
1967 The late US President John Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial.
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany.
1964 Girl Who Came to Supper closes at Broadway NYC after 112 performances
1963 San Francisco's Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists.
1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland, without France.
1961 George Weiss becomes president of New York Mets.
1960 Fourteen die in a train crash in Bakersfield, California, USA.
1958 Recording Industry Association of American created
1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns.
1956 Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal.
1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1951 During Korean War, US / UN forces recapture Seoul
1950 American FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins.
1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco
1947 The River Thames overruns its banks.
1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm.
1943 World War II : The Krakow Ghetto is 'liquidated'.
1942 Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
1941 Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record Babalu
1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas, USA.
1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
1938 French Premier Léon Blum reassures the Czechoslovak government that France will honor its treaty obligations to aid Czechoslovakia in event of German invasion.
1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio
1936 Federal Register, first magazine of the US government, publishes first issue.
1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
1933 Civilian Conservation Corp begins tree conservation.
1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC)
1923 President Warren G Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes
1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
1916 Battle of Verdun: German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun.
1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile.
1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty.
1913 John D Rockefeller gives US$100 million to Rockefeller Foundation.
1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt.
1910 Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.
1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms.
1908 Stanley Cup: MontrTal Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4.
1906 Calgary City Rugby Football Club forms.
1905 Chelsea FC is founded.
1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in two games.
1900 US currency goes on gold standard
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