March 14

Monday 14, 2005:

The online statistics service SOTKAnet is opened for the public in Finland.

Sunday 14, 2004:

Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia, while the PSOE wins elections in Spain just days after terrorist attacks in Madrid.

Saturday 14, 1998:

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

Friday 14, 1997:

The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality

Thursday 14, 1996:

American President Bill Clinton commits $100 million to an anti-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.

Tuesday 14, 1995:

Manned space mission: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.

Monday 14, 1994:

Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

Thursday 14, 1991:

After 16 years in prison for allegedly bombing a pub in an Irish Republican Army attack, the "Birmingham Six" are freed when a court determines that the police fabricated evidence.

Tuesday 14, 1989:

Gun control: President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of assault rifles into the United States.

Wednesday 14, 1984:

Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

Friday 14, 1980:

In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing a 14-man American boxing team and 73 others.

Wednesday 14, 1979:

In China, a Hawker-Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.

Tuesday 14, 1978:

The Israeli Defense Force, in retaliation for a terrorist attack three days earlier, invades and occupies southern Lebanon, under codename Operation Litani, resulting in the evacuation of at least 100,000 Lebanese, approximately 2,000 deaths, as well as the creation of United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Tuesday 14, 1967:

The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Saturday 14, 1964:

A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

Saturday 14, 1959:

J.R.D.A.C.I. founded at a congress in Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire.

Wednesday 14, 1951:

Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

Tuesday 14, 1939:

German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.

Wednesday 14, 1923:

Pete Parker does the first-ever complete radio broadcast of a hockey game in the world, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Sunday 14, 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.

Saturday 14, 1903:

Theodore Roosevelt issues an executive order making Pelican Island, in Florida, a “preserve and breeding ground for native birds,” marking the birth of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Wednesday 14, 1900:

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

Sunday 14, 1869:

Defeat of Titokowaru.

Friday 14, 1800:

Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected Pope Pius VII

Friday 14, 1794:

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

Monday 14, 1757:

On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.

Thursday 14, 1647:

Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.

Wednesday 14, 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.

Monday 14, 1492:

1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille orders her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.

Thursday 14, 1489:

The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

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