Historical Events In March - 14

1956  On March - 14 satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League)   

1957  Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns on this day in history.   

1957  Off the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake offucred on March - 14.   

1957  Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns on this day in history.   

1958  RIAA (Recording Industry Association of American)is created and certifies first gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) on March - 14.   

1958  On March - 14 south Africa government disallows ANC   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1958  USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test on March - 14.   

1958  On March - 14 rIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)   

1958  Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64 on March - 14.   

1960  On March - 14 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield CA   

1960  On March - 14 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif   

1961  Revised version of the New Testament published on March - 14.   

1961  George Weiss becomes pres of NY Mets on March - 14.   

1961  Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1962  Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 14 sF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists   

1964  Jack Ruby found guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and sentenced to death on March - 14.   

1964  Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is sentenced to die in the electric chair for his "murder with malice" of Oswald on March - 14.   

1964  On March - 14 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 perfs   

1965  On this day in history israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany   

1967  JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial on this day in history.   

1968  CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 14 erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies   

1969  Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70 on March - 14.   

1971  Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 14 south Vietnamese troops flee Laos   

1971  On March - 14 the Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes   

1973  On March - 14 liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland   

1973  On March - 14 murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72   

1974  On this day in history quebec to make French the official language of the province   

1975  Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56 on March - 14.   

1976  Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race on March - 14.   

1976  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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1623  On this day in history birth of adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer   

1638  On March - 14 birth of johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)   

1681  On this day in history birth of georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer   

1692  On this day in history birth of peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)   

1726  On March - 14 birth of josef Antonin Stepan, composer   

1727  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer   

1755  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer was born on March - 14.   

1782  On this day in history birth of thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"   

0840  On March - 14 eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69   

0968  On this day in history death of matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)   

1272  On this day in history re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies   

1298  On March - 14 petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies   

1457  On this day in history death of jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)   

1490  On March - 14 charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21   

1559  Death of Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed on this day in history.   

1573  Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies on this day in history.