Historical Events In March - 14

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  On March - 14 peter Lougheed 1928- wins third term in provincial election and so continues the Tory Blue Rule  

1980  On this day in history polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)  

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  On this day in history kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59  

1983  On March - 14 oPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years  

1983  Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

1986  On March - 14 european Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)  

1986  Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 81 on March - 14.  

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

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  British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment on March - 14.  

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

1991  On March - 14 world Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France)  

1991  On March - 14 howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40  

1992  Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication on March - 14.  

1992  C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1994  Former West Australian premier Carmen Lawrence enters federal parliament through Fremantle by-election and records a 1.43 per cent swing to Labor on this day in history.  

1994  Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped on March - 14.  

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

1994  On March - 14 abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered  

1995  On March - 14 first time 13 people in space  

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

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

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

1727  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1782  Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion" was born on this day in history.  

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

0968  On March - 14 death of matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)  

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  Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

1559  On this day in history death of jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed  

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