NOW for your THIS DAY IN HISTORY REPORT

03/14/0840 - Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69
03/14/1272 - Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies
03/14/1298 - Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies
03/14/1490 - Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21
03/14/1558 - Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor
03/14/1559 - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
03/14/1559 - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht &;Woudrichem, Neth
03/14/1573 - Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies
03/14/1590 - Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League
03/14/1590 - Philip van Egmont, general/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30
03/14/1612 - Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
03/14/1623 - Birth-Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer
03/14/1629 - England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
03/14/1644 - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
03/14/1647 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 63
03/14/1653 - Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno
03/14/1681 - Birth-Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer
03/14/1682 - Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53
03/14/1689 - Scotland dismisses Willem III &;Mary Stuart as king &;queen
03/14/1692 - Birth-Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)
03/14/1726 - Birth-Josef Antonin Stepan, composer
03/14/1727 - Birth-Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer
03/14/1734 - Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne
03/14/1743 - 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)
03/14/1755 - Birth-Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer
03/14/1757 - John Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52
03/14/1760 - Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26
03/14/1768 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58
03/14/1782 - Birth-Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"
03/14/1794 - Eli Whitney patents cotton gin
03/14/1795 - Birth-Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer
03/14/1800 - Birth-James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast iron buildings)
03/14/1800 - Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII
03/14/1801 - Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63
03/14/1803 - Birth-F G Klopstock, writer
03/14/1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78
03/14/1804 - Birth-Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March)
03/14/1808 - Birth-Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers)
03/14/1811 - August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75
03/14/1812 - Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812
03/14/1815 - Birth-Josephine Lang, composer
03/14/1816 - Birth-Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
03/14/1820 - Birth-Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849 61)/Italy (1861-78)
03/14/1821 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
03/14/1821 - Birth-Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist
03/14/1823 - Birth-Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
03/14/1826 - Birth-William Fisk Sherwin, composer
03/14/1826 - General Congress of South American States assembles at Panam
03/14/1829 - Birth-Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age)
03/14/1831 - Birth-Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer
03/14/1833 - Birth-John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army)
03/14/1833 - Birth-Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist (1866)
03/14/1835 - Birth-Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars) [or March 4]
03/14/1835 - Birth-Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer
03/14/1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia
03/14/1837 - Birth-Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)
03/14/1840 - Jos’ Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid
03/14/1843 - Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
03/14/1844 - Birth-King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900)
03/14/1845 - -5.3øF (-20.7øC) in Groningen
03/14/1847 - Birth-Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes)
03/14/1854 - Birth-Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908)
03/14/1854 - Birth-Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21)
03/14/1861 - Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58
03/14/1862 - Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern
03/14/1862 - Birth-Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology
03/14/1864 - Birth-[John] Casey Jones, RR engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones)
03/14/1864 - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris
03/14/1864 - Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
03/14/1870 - Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible
03/14/1873 - Birth-Joannes DJ Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35)
03/14/1874 - Birth-Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips
03/14/1874 - Birth-Mary Carr, Phila, actress (Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles)
03/14/1875 - Birth-Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)
03/14/1875 - Birth-Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer
03/14/1875 - Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres
03/14/1878 - Birth-Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet/writer (Forces of the Future)
03/14/1879 - Birth-Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mcy (Nobel 1921)
03/14/1880 - Birth-Oscar (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actor/director (Pink Kate)
03/14/1883 - Birth-Juan Manen, composer
03/14/1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64
03/14/1884 - Birth-Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist
03/14/1884 - Birth-Winter Haynes Watts, composer
03/14/1885 - "Mikado" opera premieres in London
03/14/1885 - Gilbert &;Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London
03/14/1887 - Birth-George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter
03/14/1887 - Birth-Lawrence Collingwood, composer
03/14/1888 - 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21")
03/14/1889 - August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen
03/14/1891 - Birth-John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa)
03/14/1892 - Birth-Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's Bookshop)
03/14/1894 - Birth-Josef Schelb, composer
03/14/1895 - Birth-Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian
03/14/1896 - Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)
03/14/1899 - Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
03/14/1899 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2
03/14/1900 - Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics
03/14/1900 - US currency goes on gold standard
03/14/1901 - 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A
03/14/1903 - 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL
03/14/1903 - Birth-Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iran, Kurd leader (KDP)
03/14/1903 - Johannes H Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88
03/14/1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games
03/14/1903 - WB Yeats &;Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin
03/14/1905 - Birth-Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist
03/14/1906 - Birth-Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
03/14/1906 - Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms
03/14/1907 - Birth-Bj"rn-Erik H"ijer, Swedish writer (Nu dansar Sara)
03/14/1908 - Birth-Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher
03/14/1908 - Birth-Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
03/14/1908 - Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4
03/14/1909 - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
03/14/1909 - Birth-Andr’ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
03/14/1911 - Birth-Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], NYC, comedian (Village Barn)
03/14/1912 - Birth-Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader (&;his band of renown)
03/14/1912 - King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt
03/14/1913 - Birth-Witold Rudzinski, composer
03/14/1913 - John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
03/14/1914 - Birth-Fiorenzo Marini, Italy, ’p’e (Olympic-gold-1960)
03/14/1914 - Birth-Henry Ralph Carr, soldier
03/14/1914 - Birth-Jiri Reinberger, composer
03/14/1914 - Serbia &;Turkey sign peace treaty
03/14/1915 - Birth-Alexander Brott, composer
03/14/1915 - Birth-Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS]
03/14/1915 - Birth-Kenneth Rowntree, painter
03/14/1915 - German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile
03/14/1916 - Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
03/14/1917 - Birth-Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet
03/14/1918 - 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF
03/14/1918 - Birth-Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals)
03/14/1919 - Birth-Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show)
03/14/1919 - Birth-Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap)
03/14/1920 - Birth-Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48)
03/14/1920 - Birth-Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace)
03/14/1921 - Birth-Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic silver-1952, 56)
03/14/1922 - Birth-Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time)
03/14/1922 - Birth-Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again)
03/14/1922 - KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions
03/14/1922 - KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
03/14/1922 - WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions
03/14/1923 - Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galici” in Poland
03/14/1923 - Birth-Diane Arbus, photographer/innovator
03/14/1923 - German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP
03/14/1923 - Pres Warren G Harding becomes 1st pres to pay taxes
03/14/1925 - Birth-John Barrington Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
03/14/1925 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
03/14/1926 - Birth-Franýois d'Assise Morel, composer
03/14/1927 - Birth-Bill Rexford, auto racer
03/14/1927 - Birth-Joop F Wolff, Dutch editor (Truth)/Dutch politician (CPN)
03/14/1928 - Birth-Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/CEO (Eastern Airline)
03/14/1929 - Birth-Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer
03/14/1930 - Birth-Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer
03/14/1930 - Birth-Ray Flockton, cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's)
03/14/1931 - 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC)
03/14/1931 - Birth-Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970)
03/14/1931 - Birth-Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist (Sea Of Love)
03/14/1932 - George Eastman, US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77
03/14/1933 - Birth-Michael Caine, [Maurice J Micklewhite], London, actor (Alfie)
03/14/1933 - Birth-Quincy Jones Jr, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World)
03/14/1933 - Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation
03/14/1933 - Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense
03/14/1934 - Birth-Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17)
03/14/1934 - Birth-Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine)
03/14/1935 - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
03/14/1935 - Birth-Jo van den Booren, composer
03/14/1936 - Birth-Bob Charles, Carterton NZ, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
03/14/1936 - Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US govt, publishes 1st issue
03/14/1937 - Battle of the Century: Fred Allen &;Jack Benny meet on radio
03/14/1937 - Birth-Peter van der Merwe, cricketer (South African captain of mid-1960's)
03/14/1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge
03/14/1938 - Birth-Johnny Gleeson, cricketer (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72)
03/14/1939 - Birth-Bertrand Blier, Paris France, novelist/director (Going Places)
03/14/1939 - Birth-William Benjamin Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS 5)
03/14/1939 - England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day
03/14/1939 - Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia
03/14/1940 - 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas
03/14/1940 - Birth-Eleanor Fount, English actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled)
03/14/1940 - Birth-Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)
03/14/1941 - Birth-Wolfgang Petersen, Emden Germany, actor (Shattered, Enemy Mine)
03/14/1941 - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies
03/14/1941 - Xavier Cugat &;Orch record "Babalu"
03/14/1942 - Birth-Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles)
03/14/1942 - Birth-John Whittaker, English real estate developer (Peel Holdings)
03/14/1943 - Birth-Jim Pons, Santa Monica CA, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
03/14/1944 - Birth-Clyde Lee, NBAer
03/14/1944 - Birth-Peter Paul Zahl, writer
03/14/1944 - Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66
03/14/1945 - Birth-Herman[us J] van Veen, Neth, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer
03/14/1945 - Birth-Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire)
03/14/1945 - Birth-Walt Parazaider, Chicago Ill, rock saxophonist (Chicago)
03/14/1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm
03/14/1946 - Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
03/14/1946 - Birth-Jasper Carrott, English comedian (Jane &;the Lost City, Detectives)
03/14/1946 - Birth-Steve Kanaly, Burbank Calif, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas)
03/14/1946 - Birth-Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
03/14/1947 - Birth-Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers)
03/14/1947 - Birth-Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
03/14/1947 - Birth-Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978)
03/14/1947 - Birth-Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker
03/14/1947 - Birth-William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
03/14/1948 - Freedom Train arrives in SF
03/14/1950 - Birth-Michael Ford, son of pres Gerald &;Betty Ford
03/14/1950 - FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
03/14/1951 - Birth-Rick Dees, radio disc jock (KIIS LA)
03/14/1951 - During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul
03/14/1951 - Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany
03/14/1952 - Birth-David Byrne, guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads Burning Down the House)
03/14/1952 - Birth-J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show)
03/14/1953 - Birth-Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic silver-1972)
03/14/1953 - KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
03/14/1953 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56
03/14/1953 - Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party
03/14/1954 - Birth-Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever)
03/14/1954 - Birth-David La Croix, race horse trainer
03/14/1954 - Birth-Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind)
03/14/1954 - Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
03/14/1954 - KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
03/14/1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
03/14/1954 - Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72
03/14/1954 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
03/14/1955 - Birth-Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water)
03/14/1955 - Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal
03/14/1956 - Birth-Natalya Dmitriyevna Kuleshova, Russia, cosmonaut
03/14/1956 - Birth-Tessa Sanderson, Kingston Jamaica, Brit javelin thrower (Oly-gold-84)
03/14/1956 - Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)
03/14/1957 - Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns
03/14/1958 - Birth-Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988)
03/14/1958 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64
03/14/1958 - RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)
03/14/1958 - Recording Industry Association of American created
03/14/1958 - South Africa government disallows ANC
03/14/1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
03/14/1958 - USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
03/14/1959 - Birth-Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere)
03/14/1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif
03/14/1960 - Birth-George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980)
03/14/1960 - Birth-Helen Hopkins, Donneybrook Australia, golfer (Australian Intl 1983)
03/14/1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points
03/14/1961 - Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
03/14/1961 - Birth-Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show)
03/14/1961 - Birth-Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
03/14/1961 - Birth-Russell Todd, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
03/14/1961 - George Weiss becomes pres of NY Mets
03/14/1962 - Birth-Kirby Puckett, centerfielder (Minn Twins)
03/14/1962 - Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
03/14/1962 - Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals
03/14/1963 - Birth-Bruce Reid, cricketer (brilliant left-arm Aust pace bowler 1985-92)
03/14/1963 - Birth-Pedro Duque, Madrid Spain, engineer/astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95)
03/14/1963 - SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists
03/14/1964 - "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 perfs
03/14/1964 - Birth-Donald Evans, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
03/14/1964 - Birth-Richard Migliore, jockey
03/14/1964 - Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder
03/14/1965 - Birth-John Stephenson, cricketer (Engld opening bat in one Test v Aust 1989)
03/14/1965 - Birth-Kevin Brown, Mcintyre GA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
03/14/1965 - Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
03/14/1966 - Birth-Darcy Wakaluk, Pincher Creek, NHL goalie (Dallas Stars)
03/14/1966 - Birth-Tertius Bosch, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1992)
03/14/1967 - 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith
03/14/1967 - Birth-Edward M Fincke, Pitts PA, Capt USAF/astronaut
03/14/1967 - Birth-Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen Days of our Lives)
03/14/1967 - Birth-Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More &;Mongia)
03/14/1967 - JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
03/14/1968 - Birth-Megan Follows, actress (Chase, Anne of Green Gables)
03/14/1968 - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
03/14/1968 - Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies
03/14/1968 - POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
03/14/1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
03/14/1969 - Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70
03/14/1969 - Birth-Greg Biekert, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
03/14/1969 - Birth-Larry Johnson, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, NY Knicks)
03/14/1969 - Birth-Laura Leighton, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place, Other Woman)
03/14/1969 - Birth-Ty[rel] Bennion, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics 1996)
03/14/1969 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ
03/14/1970 - Birth-Meredith Salenger, actress (Dream a Little Dream, The Kiss)
03/14/1970 - Birth-Thomas McLemore, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
03/14/1971 - Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
03/14/1971 - Birth-Ernie Brown, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
03/14/1971 - Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes
03/14/1971 - South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
03/14/1971 - The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
03/14/1972 - Birth-Antowain Smith, running back (Buffalo Bills)
03/14/1972 - Birth-Aris Brimanis, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
03/14/1972 - Birth-Clover Maitland, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-96)
03/14/1972 - Birth-Tom Barndt, NFL/WLAF guard (KC Chiefs, Scottish Claymores)
03/14/1972 - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
03/14/1973 - Birth-Chris Sullivan, defensive end (New England Patriots)
03/14/1973 - Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland
03/14/1973 - Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
03/14/1974 - Birth-Justine Joyce, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
03/14/1975 - Susan Hayward, actress (Young &;Willing), dies at 56
03/14/1976 - Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
03/14/1976 - Birth-Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, Auckland NZ, 3k ind pursuit cyclist (Oly-96)
03/14/1976 - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
03/14/1976 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
03/14/1976 - Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies
03/14/1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
03/14/1978 - Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
03/14/1978 - NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
03/14/1980 - 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
03/14/1980 - Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy &;Sallay
03/14/1980 - Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova &;Shakhrai (USSR)
03/14/1980 - Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
03/14/1980 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch
03/14/1981 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies
03/14/1981 - Ren’ Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82?
03/14/1982 - Birth-Kate Maberly, actress (Secret Garden)
03/14/1982 - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59
03/14/1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
03/14/1982 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
03/14/1983 - Birth-Jordan Taylor Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons MMMMbop)
03/14/1983 - Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55
03/14/1983 - OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
03/14/1984 - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75
03/14/1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 C mission
03/14/1985 - 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
03/14/1985 - Michael Secrest (US) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
03/14/1986 - Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81
03/14/1986 - Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74
03/14/1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
03/14/1986 - Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73
03/14/1986 - Marlin Perkins, TV host (Wild Kingdom) at 80
03/14/1987 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
03/14/1987 - Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87
03/14/1987 - Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m
03/14/1987 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
03/14/1989 - Birth-Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen &;Amanda Pays
03/14/1989 - Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
03/14/1989 - Zita, Empress of Austria/Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
03/14/1990 - 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
03/14/1990 - Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
03/14/1991 - British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
03/14/1991 - Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
03/14/1991 - Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40
03/14/1991 - Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel &;Phil Duchesnay (FRA)
03/14/1991 - Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok &;A Dmitriev
03/14/1991 - Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
03/14/1991 - Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
03/14/1991 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
03/14/1991 - Robert Maroff, dies at 57
03/14/1992 - C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
03/14/1992 - Farm Aid V
03/14/1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 65
03/14/1992 - NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman &;Dwight Gooden accused of rape
03/14/1992 - Ralph James, actor (Orson-Mork &;Mindy), dies at 67
03/14/1992 - Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
03/14/1992 - Steven Brian Pennell, 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years at 34
03/14/1993 - "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale NYC after 462 perfs
03/14/1993 - "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater NYC after * performances
03/14/1993 - "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 49 performances
03/14/1993 - 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
03/14/1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)
03/14/1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
03/14/1993 - Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
03/14/1993 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)
03/14/1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
03/14/1994 - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
03/14/1994 - Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at 57
03/14/1994 - Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov &;N Thagard
03/14/1995 - 1st time 13 people in space
03/14/1995 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73
03/14/1995 - Johan W "Jo" van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70
03/14/1995 - William A Fowler, US nuclear/astro physicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83
03/14/1996 - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
03/14/1996 - Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
03/14/1996 - Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at 57
03/14/1996 - Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69
03/14/1996 - Vic Marshall, chemist, dies at 74
03/14/1997 - 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
03/14/1997 - Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89
03/14/1997 - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
03/14/1997 - John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58
03/14/1997 - Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
03/14/1997 - Pres Clinton trips &;tears up his knee requiring surgery