Historical Events In March - 14

1956  Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League) on March - 14.  

1957  On March - 14 indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns  

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

1957  On this day in history indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns  

1958  RIAA (Recording Industry Association of American)is created and certifies first gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) on this day in history.  

1958  On March - 14 south Africa government disallows ANC  

1958  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1958  On March - 14 uSSR performs atmospheric nuclear test  

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 this day in history.  

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

1964  On March - 14 jack Ruby found guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and sentenced to death  

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 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  On March - 14 jFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial  

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

1968  Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies on March - 14.  

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  South Vietnamese troops flee Laos on this day in history.  

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

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

1973  On this day in history murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72  

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

1975  On March - 14 susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56  

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

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

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1623  Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710) was born on March - 14.  

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

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

1726  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer was born on this day in history.  

1727  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer was born on March - 14.  

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

1782  On March - 14 birth of thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion"  

0840  On this day in history 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  Death of Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428) on March - 14.  

1490  Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21 on March - 14.  

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

1573  On this day in history claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies