Page 8: Historical Events In March - 14
Thursday, 16 October 2025
1976 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79 on March - 14.
1978 On March - 14 marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
1978 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 on this day in history.
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 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers) on this day in history.
1980 World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary) on this day in history.
1981 Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies on this day in history.
1982 Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59 on March - 14.
1983 OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years on March - 14.
1983 On this day in history maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55
1984 On March - 14 challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission
1984 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 on March - 14.
1985 11th People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins 4 awards on this day in history.
1985 On March - 14 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards
1986 On this day in history european Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1986 On this day in history benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81
1988 On this day in history iran and Iraq unleash missiles on each other's capitals as so-called "war of the cities" erupts.
1989 On March - 14 edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1990 On this day in history 4th Soul Train Music Awards Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress on March - 14.
1990 On March - 14 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson
1991 On March - 14 british Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave on March - 14.
1991 On March - 14 world Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France)
1991 Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 on March - 14.
1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history c V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
1994 On March - 14 flaming oil burns in the Bosporus Strait that divides Istanbul after a tanker and freighter collide, killing 15 crew members.
1994 On this day in history former West Australian premier Carmen Lawrence enters federal parliament through Fremantle by-election and records a 1.43 per cent swing to Labor
1994 On March - 14 mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1994 On this day in history soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard
1994 On this day in history abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
1995 On this day in history first time 13 people in space
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