March 1914 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum.
• 07 Mar 1914 Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
• 09 Mar 1914 Henry Colijn appointed as Director of Bataafsche Petroleum Company
• 10 Mar 1914 Suffragette Mary Richardson damages Velázquez' painting ''Rokeby Venus'' in London's National Gallery with a meat chopper.
• 14 Mar 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty.
• 18 Mar 1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China.
• 19 Mar 1914 Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in three game.
• 20 Mar 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
• 21 Mar 1914 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld.
• 25 Mar 1914 The Greek multisport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded.
• 27 Mar 1914 Belgian surgeon Albert Hustin makes the first successful non-direct blood transfusion, using anticoagulants.
• 29 Mar 1914 Katherine Routledge and her husband arrive in Easter Island to make the first true study of it (they depart August 1915)

Famous Birthday

• Octavio Paz

  Mexican poet, writer and diplomat, recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century.

• Jean Raffarin

  French farmer, a huge landowner and director of an agricultural cooperative.

• Paul Tortelier

  French musician, a cello virtuoso and composer of the "Israeli Symphony," 1955.

• Alain Girard

  French educator.

• Jean Champion
• Karl H Ambjornson
• Carl W Stahl
• Pierre Collet
• Bohumil Hrabal

  Czech author (d. 1997).

• Paul Chaulot

  France Writer.

• Heinz Paul Taeger
• Lee Petty

  American race-car champion, a famous driver.

• Yves Brainville
• Edmund Muskie

  American politician who served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1947-1951 and was the Democratic floor leader from 1949-1951.

• Robert R Wilson

  American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. 2000).

• Ralph Ellison

  American author and critic (d. 1994).

• Martin Ritt

  United States -- Director / actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70.

• Amanda Duff
• WO Mitchell

  Canadian writer (d. 1998).

• Chandler Harper

  golfer (1950 PGA champion).

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Famous Deaths

• Charles Albert Gobat

  Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (Born 1843).

• Hanus Trnecek composer

  dies at age 55.

• Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin composer

  dies at age 47.

• George Westinghouse US engineer (Westinghouse Electric)

  dies at age 67.

• Gaston Calmette editor (Le Figaro)

  killed by Madame Caillaux at age 55.

• Teunis Stoel actor

  dies at age 62.

• Ch Morgenstern writer

  dies at age 42.

• Rafqa Pietra

  Choboq Ar-Rayes (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (Born 1832).

• Frederic Mistral

  French writer, a poet who compiled a Provencal dictionary and devoted his life to the revival of the Provencal language and customs.

• Giuseppe Mercalli

  Italian priest and volcanologist (d. 1914).

• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound

  4th Earl of Minto English soldier academic and politician 36th Governor-General of India (d. 1914).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Grace Kerns & Charles W. Harrison - The One I Love
2. Olive Kline - Isle D'amour
3. Arthur Fields - Along Came Ruth
4. Billy Murray - Sit Down (You're Rocking the Boat)
5. Eddie Morton - I'm Crying Just for You