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Saturday, 14 March 2026
1977 Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers. 
1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit.
1977 Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, Russian composer, dies at 78
1978 John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65
1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong.
1979 Pope John Paul II is recorded as becoming inaugural pope to visit Ireland
1982 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules results in the deaths of 7 in Chicago
1982 H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies
1984 Marnix Gijsen, [Jan-Al Goris], writer (Lament for Agnes), dies at 85
1985 inaugural of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies.
1986 In this year, USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
1986 Betty Kean, actress (Amy Tucker-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
1987 Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70.
1988 Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76
1989 A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90.
1991 Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies.
1992 Paul Jabara, singer/actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44.
1993 Ghuslam Wyne, premier of Lahore Pakistan, murdered at 60.
1994 Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26.
1995 Francis Frederick Johnson, architect, dies at 84
1996 Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73
1997 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97
2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
2006 Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with a business jet over the Amazon Rainforest killing all 154 onboard
2006 U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) steps down after it is revealed that he sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages
2006 Michael A. Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
2013 42 people are killed by Boko Harem in a college attack in Gujba, Nigeria.
2014 Ashraf Ghani is recorded as becoming President of Afghanistan.
2017 Mysterious sonic attacks on US diplomats prompt US to warn citizens not to travel to Cuba and pull some embassy staff.
2018 NY Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres smashes a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th
2018 Rapper Kanye West announces on Twitter he is changing his name to Ye.
2018 Large demonstrations across Brazil against far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 exceeds one million
2020 The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah dies at the age of 91. Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is named his successor
