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Events [ ] 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus , Catherine Cornaro , sells her kingdom to Venice .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 .1647 - Thirty Years' War : Bavaria , Cologne , France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm .1757 - On-board the HMS Monarch John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin .1869 - Defeat of Titokowaru .1889 - German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard .1903 - The Hay-Herran Treaty , granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal , is ratified by the United States Senate . The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.1910 - Lakeview Gusher , the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.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.1926 - Río Virilla , Costa Rica : the fall of a train in the Río Virilla killed 248 and injured 93 victims.1939 - German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia .1942 - John Bumstead and Orvan Hess became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin .1943 - World War II - The Kraków Ghetto is 'liquidated'.1951 - Korean War : For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul .1964 - A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald , assassin of John F. Kennedy .1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery .1978 - The Israeli Defense Force , invades and occupies southern Lebanon , in Operation Litani 1979 - In China , a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing , killing at least 200.1980 - In Poland , a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw , killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.1984 - Gerry Adams , head of Sinn Féin , is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast .1994 - Timeline of Linux development : Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.1995 - Manned space mission : Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.1997 - The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking ) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality .1998 - An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran .2004 - Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia , while the PSOE wins elections in Spain just days after terrorist attacks in Madrid .2005 - Cedar Revolution , where one million Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon , and against the government, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri .2007 - In India , 15 people were killed when police open fired on protesters at Singur , Nandigram in West Bengal . The farmers were protesting against the forceful acquisition of agricultural land by the government for setting up factories in collaboration with Tata Motors .Births [ ] 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 )1804 - Johann Strauß, Sr. , Austrian composer (d. 1849 )1807 - Josephine of Leuchtenberg , queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)1813 - Joseph Philo Bradley , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1892 )1822 - Teresa of the Two Sicilies , Empress of Brazil (d. 1889 1823 - Théodore de Banville , French writer (d. 1891 )1835 - Giovanni Schiaparelli , Italian astronomer (d. 1910 )1844 - King Umberto I of Italy (d. 1900 )1853 - Ferdinand Hodler , Swiss painter (d. 1918 )1854 - Paul Ehrlich , German scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1915 )1854 - Alexandru Macedonski , Romanian writer (d. 1920 )
1854 - John Lane , British publisher (d. 1925 )
1862 - Vilhelm Bjerknes , Norwegian physicist (d. 1961 )1863 - Casey Jones , American railroad engineer (d. 1900 )1866 - Alexey Troitsky , Russian chess problemist (d. 1942 )1869 - Algernon Blackwood , British writer (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 )1885 - Raoul Lufbery , American World War I pilot (d. 1918 )1886 - Firmin Lambot , Belgian cyclist (d. 1964 )1887 - Sylvia Beach , American publisher (d. 1962 )1887 - Charles Reisner , American silent actor and film director (d. 1962 )1888 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin , Quebec painter (d. 1970 )1894 - Osa Johnson , American explorer (d. 1953 )1898 - Arnold Chikobava , Georgian linguist (d. 1985 )1899 - K.C. Irving , Canadian industrialist (d. 1992 )1903 - Mustafa Barzani , Kurdish politician (d. 1979 )1903 - Adolph Gottlieb American painter (d. 1974 )
1904 - Doris Eaton Travis , American actress, Ziegfeld girl 1905 - Raymond Aron , French philosopher (d. 1983 )1912 - Les Brown , American bandleader (d. 2001 )1912 - Charles Van Acker , Belgian racing driver (d. 1998 )
1914 - Lee Elhardt Hays , American folksinger (d. 1981 )1914 - Bill Owen , British actor (d. 1999 )
1914 - Lee Petty , American race car driver (d. 2000 )
1915 - Alexander Brott , Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005 )1916 - Horton Foote , American author, playwright and screenwriter1918 - Dennis Patrick , American actor (d. 2002 )1920 - Hank Ketcham , American cartoonist (d. 2001 )1922 - Les Baxter , American musician and composer (d. 1996 )1923 - Diane Arbus , American photographer (d. 1971 )1925 - William Clay Ford , American owner of the Detroit Lions 1925 - Francis A. Marzen , American Catholic prelate (d. 2004 )
1928 - Frank Borman , American astronaut and CEO1931 - Phil Phillips , American singer and songwriter1932 - Naina Yeltsina , Russia's first First Lady1933 - Sir Michael Caine , British actor1933 - René Felber , former member of the Swiss Federal Council
1933 - Quincy Jones , American musician and composer
1934 - Eugene Cernan , American astronaut1934 - Paul Rader , the 15th General of The Salvation Army
1936 - Bob Charles , New Zealand golfer1939 - Raymond J. Barry , American actor1939 - Bertrand Blier , French film director and screenwriter
1939 - Stavros Xarhakos , Greek composer
1941 - Wolfgang Petersen , German director1942 - Rita Tushingham , British actress1943 - Anita Morris , American actress (d. 1994 )1945 - Jasper Carrott , British comedian1945 - Walter Parazaider , American saxophonist Chicago
1946 - Steve Kanaly , American actor1947 - Pam Ayres , British poet1947 - William J. Jefferson , American politician
1948 - Billy Crystal , American actor and comedian1950 - Rick Dees , American disc jockey1951 - Jerry Greenfield , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream1956 - Jonathan Bowen , British computer scientist1957 - Andrew Robinson , British author1958 - Albert II 1959 - Tamara Tunie , American actress1960 - Kirby Puckett , American baseball player (d. 2006 )1961 - Greg Anderson , American NHRA driver1961 - Penny Johnson Jerald , American actress
1961 - Hiro Matsushita , Japanese racing driver
1963 - Bruce Reid , Australian cricketer1965 - James Kevin Brown , American baseball player1965 - Catherine Dent , American actress
1965 - Aamir Khan , Indian actor
1965 - Kiana Tom , American fitness guru and model
1965 - Kevin Williamson , American screenwriter
1968 - Megan Follows , Canadian actress1969 - Larry Johnson , American basketball player1970 - Ebru Kavaklıoğlu , Russian athlete1970 - Meredith Salenger , American actress
1974 - Patrick Traverse , Canadian ice hockey player1975 - Stephen Harper , British/English footballer1975 - Johan Paulik (aka Daniel Ferenčík), Slovak porn star
1975 - Wendy Rice , American actress
1976 - Merlin Santana , American actor (d. 2002 )1977 - Aki Hoshino , Japanese model1978 - Pieter van den Hoogenband , Dutch swimmer1979 - Nicolas Anelka , French footballer1979 - Chris Klein , American actor
1979 - Love , Angolan footballer
1979 - Sead Ramović , German-born Bosnian footballer
1980 - Aaron Brown , British/English footballer1980 - Matteo Grassotto , Italian racing driver
1980 - Ben Herring , New Zealand rugby union footballer
1980 - Mercedes McNab , Canadian-born actress
1981 - Bobby Jenks , American baseball player1981 - Mei-Ting Sun , Chinese-born pianist
1983 - Bakhtiyar Artayev , Kazakh boxer1983 - Taylor Hanson , American musician, member of Hanson
1985 - Eva Angelina , American porn star1985 - Idaira , Spanish singer
1986 - Jamie Bell , British actor1986 - Elton Chigumbura , Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 - Andy Taylor , British/English footballer
2007 - Simeon Hassan Muñoz , grandson of Simeon II of Bulgaria Deaths [ ] 752 - Pope Zachary 968 - Matilda of Ringelheim , German Queen1457 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428 )1471 - Sir Thomas Malory , English author (b. 1405 )1647 - Frederick Henry (b. 1584 )1648 - Ferdinando Fairfax , English general (b. 1584 )1680 - René Le Bossu , French critic (b. 1631 )1682 - Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael , Dutch painter (b. 1628 )1696 - Jean Domat , French jurist (b. 1625 )1698 - Claes Rålamb , Swedish statesman (b. 1622 )1748 - George Wade , British military leader (b. 1673 )1757 - John Byng , British admiral (executed) (b. 1704 )1791 - Johann Salomo Semler , German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725 )1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , German writer (b. 1724 )1805 - Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki , Russian general (b. 1753 )1811 - Augustus FitzRoy , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735 )1823 - Charles François Dumouriez , French general (b. 1739 )1883 - Karl Marx , German political theorist (b. 1818 )1884 - Quintino Sella , Italian statesman (b. 1827 )1932 - George Eastman , American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854 )1946 - Werner von Blomberg , field marshal (b. 1878 )1949 - John Callan O'Laughlin , American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873 )1957 - Evagoras Pallikarides , Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938 )1973 - Howard Aiken , American engineer (b. 1900 )1973 - Rafael Godoy , Colombian composer (b. 1907 )
1973 - Chic Young , American cartoonist (b. 1901 )
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 )1989 - Edward Abbey , American author and environmental activist (b. 1927 )1991 - Howard Ashman , American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950 )1991 - Doc Pomus , American composer (b. 1925 )
1991 - Margery Sharp , children's author (b. 1905 )
1992 - Jean Poiret , French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926 )1995 - William Alfred Fowler , American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911 )1997 - Fred Zinnemann , Austrian-born director (b. 1907 )1999 - Kirk Alyn , American actor (b. 1910 )2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer , German philosopher (b. 1900 )2002 - Cherry Wilder , New Zealand-born author (b. 1930 )
2003 - Jack Goldstein , Canadian-born artist (b. 1945 )2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère , French publisher (b. 1928 )
2006 - Lennart Meri , former president of Estonia (b. 1929 )2007 - Lucie Aubrac , French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912 )2007 - Gareth Hunt , English actor (b. 1943 ) Holidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] External links [ ]
156 Familypedia people were born on March 14
154 Familypedia people died on March 14
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