Historical Events In March - 14

1956  Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League) on this day in history.   

1957  Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns on March - 14.   

1957  On this day in history off the Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.1 earthquake offucred   

1957  Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns on March - 14.   

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

1958  On this day in history south Africa government disallows ANC   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 14.   

1958  USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test on this day in history.   

1958  RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64   

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 this day in history.   

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

1961  On March - 14 akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78   

1962  On this day in history disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France   

1963  SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists on this day in history.   

1964  Jack Ruby found guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and sentenced to death on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 perfs   

1965  On March - 14 israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany   

1967  On this day in history jFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial   

1968  CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA on March - 14.   

1968  On this day in history erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies   

1969  Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 14 barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV   

1971  On this day in history south Vietnamese troops flee Laos   

1971  The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes on March - 14.   

1973  Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland on this day in history.   

1973  Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 on March - 14.   

1974  Quebec to make French the official language of the province on March - 14.   

1975  Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race   

1976  On March - 14 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 this day in history birth of johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)   

1681  Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer was born on March - 14.   

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

0968  Death of Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895) on March - 14.   

1272  Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies on March - 14.   

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

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

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.