Page 8: Historical Events In March - 14
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
1976 Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1978 On this day in history 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 March - 14. 

1979 Peter Lougheed 1928- wins third term in provincial election and so continues the Tory Blue Rule on March - 14. 

1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers) on March - 14. 

1980 World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary) on March - 14. 

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 this day in history. 

1983 OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years on this day in history. 

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 March - 14. 

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

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

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

1986 On March - 14 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 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 this day in history. 

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

1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress on March - 14. 

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 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave on this day in history. 

1991 World Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France) on this day in history. 

1991 Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 on March - 14. 

1992 On March - 14 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 Former West Australian premier Carmen Lawrence enters federal parliament through Fremantle by-election and records a 1.43 per cent swing to Labor on March - 14. 

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 March - 14. 

1994 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered on March - 14. 

1995 On this day in history first time 13 people in space 

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