This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
03/14/1623 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer 
03/14/1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer 
03/14/1692 Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse bottle) 
03/14/1726 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer 
03/14/1727 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer 
03/14/1755 Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer 
03/14/1782 Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), 'Old Bullion' 
03/14/1795 Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer 
03/14/1800 James Bogardus, US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings) 
03/14/1804 Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist/comp (Radetzky March) 
03/14/1808 Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, Brig General (Union volunteers) 
03/14/1815 Josephine Lang, composer 
03/14/1816 Montgomery Dent Corse, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895

03/14/1820 Victor Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78) 
03/14/1821 Jens Worsaae, Denmark, archaeologist 
03/14/1823 Roswell Sabine Ripley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887

03/14/1826 William Fisk Sherwin, composer 
03/14/1829 Charles Charlesworth, England, (dies at 7 of old age) 
03/14/1831 Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer 
03/14/1833 John Sappington Marmaduke, Major General (Confederate Army) 
03/14/1833 Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st US woman dentist 
03/14/1835 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars) 
03/14/1835 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer 
03/14/1837 Charles Ammi Cutter, librarian, originated Cutter system 
03/14/1844 King Umberto I, of Italy (1878-1900) 
03/14/1847 Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (Espumas Flutuantes) 
03/14/1854 Paul Ehrlich, Germany, bacteriologist (Nobel-1908) 
03/14/1854 Thomas Riley Marshall, (D) 28th VP (1913-21) 
03/14/1862 Vilhelm FK Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology 
03/14/1864 Casey Jones, RR engineer 
03/14/1873 Joannes DJ Aengenent, sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35) 
03/14/1874 Anton F Philips, president-director of Philips 
03/14/1874 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife, Pack Up Your Troubles

03/14/1875 Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary) 
03/14/1875 Norman Houstoun O'Neill, composer 
03/14/1878 Carel T Scharten, poet/writer (Forces of the Future) 
03/14/1879 Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mcý (Nobel 1921) 
03/14/1883 Juan Manen, composer 
03/14/1884 Albert Egges van Giffen, archaeologist 
03/14/1884 Winter Haynes Watts, composer 
03/14/1887 Lawrence Collingwood, composer 
03/14/1891 John P Strijbos, writer (To Wander through South-Africa) 
03/14/1894 Josef Schelb, composer 
03/14/1895 French Ganshof, Belgian historian 
03/14/1905 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist 
03/14/1906 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer 
03/14/1907 Bj”rn-Erik H”˜er, Swedish writer (Now dansar Sara) 
03/14/1908 Maurice (Jean Jacques) Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 
03/14/1908 Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer 
03/14/1909 Andr‚ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin) 
03/14/1911 Pete Piute, [Morris Kaufman], NYC, comedian (Village Barn) 
03/14/1912 Les Brown, Reinerton Pa, orch leader (& his band of renown) 
03/14/1913 Witold Rudzinski, composer 
03/14/1914 Fiorenzo Marini, Italy, ‚p‚e (Olympic-gold-1960) 
03/14/1914 Jiri Reinberger, composer 
03/14/1915 Alexander Brott, composer 
03/14/1915 Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) 
03/14/1918 Dennis Patrick, Phila, actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals) 
03/14/1919 Luther Henderson Jr, KC Mo, orch leader (Polly Bergen Show) 
03/14/1919 Max Shulman, novelist (Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap) 
03/14/1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Great Britain, high jumper (Oly-silver-36, 48) 
03/14/1920 Hank Ketcham, cartoonist (Dennis the Menace) 
03/14/1921 Lis Hartel, Denmark, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1952, 56) 
03/14/1922 Colin Fletcher, author (Walking Through Time) 
03/14/1922 Les Baxter, US, singer/orchestra leader 
03/14/1925 John Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down) 
03/14/1926 Francois d'Assise Morel, composer 
03/14/1927 Joop F Wolff, head director (De Warheid)/Dutch politician (CPN) 
03/14/1928 Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/Eastern Airline pres

03/14/1929 Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer 
03/14/1930 Dieter Schnebel, German vicar/composer 
03/14/1931 Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970) 
03/14/1933 Michael Caine, British actor (Blame it on Rio/Alfie/Educating Rita) 
03/14/1933 Quincy Jones, Chicago Ill, composer/singer (We Are The World) 
03/14/1934 Eugene A Cernan, Chicago, Capt USN/astronaut (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17

03/14/1935 Jo van den Booren, composer 
03/14/1939 Bertrand Blier, France, novelist/director (Going Places) 
03/14/1939 William B Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS-5) 
03/14/1940 Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)

03/14/1942 Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles) 
03/14/1943 Jim Pons, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together) 
03/14/1945 Herman[us J] van Veen, cabaretier/singer/composer/writer 
03/14/1945 Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire) 
03/14/1945 Walter Parazaider, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) 
03/14/1946 Steve Kanaly, Burbank Calif, actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs-Dallas) 
03/14/1946 Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets) 
03/14/1947 Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers) 
03/14/1947 Jan [AJ] te Fieldhuis, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) 
03/14/1947 Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978) 
03/14/1947 William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana) 
03/14/1952 David Byrne, guitarist/vocalist (Talking Heads-Burning Down the Hous

03/14/1952 J Fred Muggs, chimp (Today show) 
03/14/1953 Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972) 
03/14/1954 Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever) 
03/14/1954 David La Croix, race horse trainer 
03/14/1954 Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind) 
03/14/1955 Boon Gould, rock guitarist (Level 42-Hot Water) 
03/14/1956 Irina D Latysheva, Russia, cosmonaut 
03/14/1958 Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Oly-1988

03/14/1959 Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere) 
03/14/1960 George Horvath, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-1980) 
03/14/1961 Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show) 
03/14/1963 Pedro Duque, Spanish engineer/astronaut candidate (Sked: Mir-1 1994?

03/14/1964 Richard Migliore, jockey 
03/14/1966 Theo Joosten, pop guitarist/singer (Rowwen HŠze-Bestel Mar) 
03/14/1967 Melissa Brennan Reeves, Eatontown NJ, actress (Jen-Days of our Lives

03/14/1982 Kate Maberly, actress 
03/14/1989 Oliver Bernsen, son of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/14/ 840 Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69

03/14/1272 Re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies 
03/14/1298 Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies 
03/14/1490 Charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21 
03/14/1559 Jacques d'auchy, Waals baptist merchant, executed 
03/14/1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies

03/14/1590 Philip van Egmont, strategist/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30

03/14/1612 Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74 
03/14/1647 Frederik Henry, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies 
03/14/1682 Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53 
03/14/1757 John Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 
03/14/1760 Anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26 
03/14/1768 Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58 
03/14/1801 Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63 
03/14/1861 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 
03/14/1883 Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies 
03/14/1899 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76 
03/14/1903 Johannes H Weissenbruch, landscape painter, dies 
03/14/1925 Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65 
03/14/1932 George Eastman US industrialist (Kodak-camera), dies 
03/14/1944 Pavel Grigor'yevich, composer, dies at 66 
03/14/1953 Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 
03/14/1954 Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72 
03/14/1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies 
03/14/1969 Am Shahn, US painter, dies at 70 
03/14/1973 Murat B 'Chic' Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72 
03/14/1975 Susan Hayward, actress (Young & Willing), dies at 56 
03/14/1976 Alberta Franklin, dies 
03/14/1976 Busby Berkeley, [William B Enos], US choreographer, dies at 80 
03/14/1981 Ren‚ Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82? 
03/14/1982 Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59 
03/14/1983 Maurice Ronet, actor (Ciurcle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55 
03/14/1984 Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman of Club Rome, dies at 7

03/14/1986 Benno Ammann, composer, dies at 82 
03/14/1986 Edith Atwater, actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), dies at 74 
03/14/1986 Jozef Kresanek, composer, dies at 73 
03/14/1989 Zita, Empress of Austria-Hungary, dies at 96 
03/14/1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies 
03/14/1991 Robert Maroff, dies 
03/14/1992 C V Wood Jr, theme park developer (Disneyland), dies at 71 of cancer

03/14/1992 Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies 
03/14/1992 Ralph James, actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies 
03/14/1992 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st executed in Delaware in 45 years, at 34 
03/14/1994 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/14/1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth 
03/14/1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 
03/14/1629 Royal charter granted Massachusetts Bay Colony 
03/14/1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 
03/14/1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 
03/14/1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 
03/14/1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 
03/14/1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 
03/14/1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY) 
03/14/1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panam  
03/14/1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia 
03/14/1862 Battle of New Bern, NC 
03/14/1864 Rossini's 'Petite Messe Solennelle,' premieres in Paris 
03/14/1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 
03/14/1870 Calif legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 
03/14/1885 R Luther discovers asteroid #247 Eukrate 
03/14/1885 The opera 'The Mikado' is produced (London) 
03/14/1888 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21') 
03/14/1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 
03/14/1899 Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens Univ (Kingston Ont) for the Stanley C

03/14/1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics 
03/14/1900 US currency goes on gold standard 
03/14/1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL 
03/14/1903 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage (Kenora) Thisles for Stanley Cup 
03/14/1904 M Wolf discovers asteroids #524 Fidelio & #526 Jena 
03/14/1906 A Kopff discovers asteroid #591 Irmgard 
03/14/1908 Mont Wanderers beat Tor Trolley Leaguers for Stanley Cup (3rd of 190

03/14/1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 
03/14/1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attem

03/14/1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #748 Simeisa 
03/14/1913 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 
03/14/1914 Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty 
03/14/1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 
03/14/1916 Battle of Verdun - Germany attacks France 
03/14/1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 
03/14/1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions 
03/14/1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions 
03/14/1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo NY begins radio transmissions 
03/14/1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galici‰ in Poland 
03/14/1923 German High advisor prohibits NSDAP 
03/14/1923 Pres Harding became 1st pres filing income tax report 
03/14/1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC) 
03/14/1931 M Wolf discovers asteroid #2650 
03/14/1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 
03/14/1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense 
03/14/1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 
03/14/1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US govt, publishes 1st issue 
03/14/1939 Hungarian troops occupy Czechoslovakia Rutheni‰ 
03/14/1939 Nazi dissolve republic of Czechoslovakia 
03/14/1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 
03/14/1945 RAF bombs railway link at Hannover-Hamm 
03/14/1946 Belgian govt of Spaak, forms 
03/14/1948 Freedom Train arrives in SF 
03/14/1950 FBI's '10 Most Wanted Fugitives' program begins 
03/14/1950 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1602 Indiana 
03/14/1951 During Korean War, UN forces recapture Seoul 
03/14/1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany 
03/14/1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 
03/14/1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party 
03/14/1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 
03/14/1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak 
03/14/1957 Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns 
03/14/1958 South Africa government disallows ANC 
03/14/1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif 
03/14/1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 
03/14/1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 
03/14/1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 
03/14/1963 SF Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists 
03/14/1964 Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of Lee Harvey Oswald murder 
03/14/1965 Israeli govt approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 
03/14/1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith 
03/14/1967 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 
03/14/1971 Barbra Striesand appears on 'The Burt Bacharach Special' on CBS TV 
03/14/1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 
03/14/1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 
03/14/1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City 
03/14/1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 
03/14/1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins hias 7,000th race 
03/14/1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 
03/14/1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 
03/14/1980 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2270 Yazhi & #2822 Sacajawea 
03/14/1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)

03/14/1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years 
03/14/1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission 
03/14/1985 Michael Secrest (US) completes 24hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 
03/14/1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 
03/14/1987 Katarina Witt wins her 3rd world figure skating championship 
03/14/1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 
03/14/1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 
03/14/1992 Farm Aid V 
03/14/1992 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape 
03/14/1992 Soviet newspaper 'Pravada' suspends publication 
03/14/1993 3,000th performance of 'Nunsense' 
03/14/1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) 
  
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