# What happened on March 14 in history?

**Date:** March 14  
**Events recorded:** 42  
**Years spanned:** 1074 – 2021  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/14/

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## Featured Event

**2019** — Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Idai)

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## Events on this date

- **1074** — Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mogyor%C3%B3d))
- **1590** — Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ivry))
- **1647** — Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years'_War))
- **1663** — According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Guericke))
- **1674** — The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Dutch_War))
- **1757** — Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng))
- **1780** — American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1794** — Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney))
- **1864** — Rossini's Petite messe solennelle is first performed, by twelve singers, two pianists and a harmonium player in a mansion in Paris. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite_messe_solennelle))
- **1885** — The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado))
- **1900** — The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Standard_Act))
- **1901** — Utah governor Heber Manning Wells vetoes a bill that would have eased restrictions on polygamy. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_Manning_Wells))
- **1903** — Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge))
- **1916** — Battle of Verdun: German attack captures Côte 265 at the west end of Mort-Homme but the French 75th Infantry Brigade manages to hold Côte 295 at the east end. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun))
- **1920** — In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Schleswig_plebiscites))
- **1921** — Six members of a group of Irish Republican Army activists known as the Forgotten Ten are hanged in Dublin's Mountjoy Prison. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army))
- **1923** — Charlie Daly and three other members of the Irish Republican Army are executed by Irish Free State forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Daly))
- **1926** — The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Virilla_train_accident))
- **1931** — Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alam_Ara))
- **1939** — Slovakia declares independence under German pressure. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)))
- **1942** — Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin))
- **1943** — The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust))
- **1945** — The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force))
- **1951** — Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1961** — A USAF B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force))
- **1964** — Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who had shot and killed John F. Kennedy the previous year. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby))
- **1967** — The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy))
- **1972** — Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Airways_Flight_296))
- **1978** — The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces))
- **1979** — Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia_Royal_Jordanian_Flight_600))
- **1980** — LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Polish_Airlines_Flight_007))
- **1982** — The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_bombing_of_the_African_National_Congress_headquarters_in_London))
- **1988** — In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_skirmish))
- **1991** — Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escondida))
- **1995** — Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Thagard))
- **2006** — The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Chadian_coup_attempt))
- **2006** — Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bringing_Home_the_Goods))
- **2007** — The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandigram_violence))
- **2008** — A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest))
- **2017** — A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonium))
- **2019** — Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Idai))
- **2021** — Burmese security forces kill at least 65 civilians in the Hlaingthaya massacre. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hlaingthaya_massacre))

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## Notable births on March 14

- **2008** — **Abby Ryder Fortson** — American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Ryder_Fortson))
- **2001** — **Nico Mannion** — Italian-American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Mannion))
- **2000** — **Chrisean Rock** — American rapper and reality television personality ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrisean_Rock))
- **2000** — **Jihoon** — South Korean singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihoon))
- **1999** — **Marvin Bagley III** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Bagley_III))
- **1999** — **Olivia Dean** — English singer-songwriter ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Dean))
- **1998** — **Tyson Jost** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Jost))
- **1997** — **Simone Biles** — American gymnast ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Biles))
- **1996** — **Batuhan Altıntaş** — Turkish footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batuhan_Alt%C4%B1nta%C5%9F_(footballer)))
- **1995** — **Brandon Aubrey** — American multi-sport athlete ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Aubrey))

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## Notable deaths on March 14

- **2025** — **Alan Simpson** — United States senator from Wyoming (born 1931) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson_(American_politician)))
- **2022** — **Scott Hall** — American wrestler (born 1958) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Hall))
- **2019** — **Jake Phelps** — American skateboarder and Thrasher editor-in-chief (born 1962) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Phelps))
- **2019** — **Charlie Whiting** — British motorsport director (born 1952) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Whiting))
- **2019** — **Haig Young** — Canadian politician (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haig_Young))
- **2018** — **Jim Bowen** — English stand-up comedian and TV personality (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowen))
- **2018** — **Marielle Franco** — Brazilian politician and human rights activist (born 1979) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marielle_Franco))
- **2018** — **Stephen Hawking** — English physicist and author (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking))
- **2018** — **Liam O'Flynn** — Irish uileann piper (born 1945) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_O'Flynn))
- **2016** — **John W. Cahn** — German-American metallurgist and academic (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Cahn))

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