Historical Events In March - 14

1976  On this day in history alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79   

1978  On March - 14 marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)   

1978  On March - 14 statistics Canada reports unemployment passed the 1,000,000 mark in February for the first time not bad for a population of what 20 million   

1979  Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico a 7.6 earthquake was centered about 250 km south of Mexico City. At least five people were reported killed on this day in history.   

1979  Peter Lougheed 1928- wins third term in provincial election and so continues the Tory Blue Rule on this day in history.   

1980  On March - 14 polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)   

1980  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary)   

1981  On this day in history ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies   

1982  On March - 14 kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59   

1983  OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years on March - 14.   

1983  On March - 14 maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55   

1984  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission on this day in history.   

1984  Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1985  11th People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins 4 awards on March - 14.   

1985  On this day in history 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards   

1986  European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81   

1988  Iran and Iraq unleash missiles on each other's capitals as so-called "war of the cities" erupts on March - 14.   

1989  Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62 on March - 14.   

1990  4th Soul Train Music Awards Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson on March - 14.   

1990  On this day in history mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress   

1990  4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history british Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment   

1991  On this day in history emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave   

1991  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France)   

1991  On this day in history howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40   

1992  On this day in history soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication   

1992  C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71 on March - 14.   

1994  Flaming oil burns in the Bosporus Strait that divides Istanbul after a tanker and freighter collide, killing 15 crew members on March - 14.   

1994  On March - 14 former West Australian premier Carmen Lawrence enters federal parliament through Fremantle by-election and records a 1.43 per cent swing to Labor   

1994  Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped on this day in history.   

1994  Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard on this day in history.   

1994  Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered on this day in history.   

1995  First time 13 people in space on this day in history.   

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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  Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer was born on March - 14.   

1692  Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar) was born on March - 14.   

1726  On this day in history birth of josef Antonin Stepan, composer   

1727  On March - 14 birth of johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of pierre-Louis Couperin, composer   

1782  Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion" was born on March - 14.   

0840  On this day in history eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69   

0968  Death of Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895) on this day in history.   

1272  On March - 14 re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies   

1298  Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1457  Death of Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428) on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history 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 March - 14.