This Day in History
14 Mar 1369
Battle of Montiel Pedro of Castile with support from England is defeated by an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II
14 Mar 1489
The last Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro is forced to abdicate by Venice
14 Mar 1559
Storm floods ravage Gorinchem Dordrecht & Woudrichem Netherlands
14 Mar 1592
Ultimate Pi day on this day at 6.53am is the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi since the introduction of the Julian calendar (3.14653)
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Jack Ruby sentenced to death for murdering JFK
Jack Ruby the Dallas nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswaldthe accused assassin of President John F. Kennedyis found guilty of the ...
Birmingham Six released
In the face of widespread questioning of their guilt British authorities release the so-called Birmingham Six six Irish men who had been sent to...
Mack Truck founder killed in car crash
John Jack Mack who co-founded what would become one of North Americas largest makers of heavy-duty trucks is killed when his car collide...
Albert Einstein born
On March 14 1879 Albert Einstein is born the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm Germany. Einsteins theories of special and general relativit...
Nixon discusses the possibility of U.S. troop withdrawals
At a news conference President Richard Nixon says there is no prospect for a U.S. troop reduction in the foreseeable future because of the ongoing enemy offens...
Allies launch second wave of Rolling Thunder
Twenty-four South Vietnamese Air Force planes led by Vice-Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky and supported by U.S. jets bomb the barracks and depots on Con Co (Tige...
President Clinton expresses desire to return to golf course
On this day in 1997 President Bill Clinton undergoes surgery to repair the quadriceps tendon of his right knee at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda Mary...
JFK’s body moved to permanent gravesite
On this day in history the body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a spot just a few feet away from its original interment site at Arlington National Cem...
Max Brand publishes his first novel
Max Brand perhaps the most prolific writer of western stories publishes his first novel The Untamed.Max Brand was one of 21 pen names used by the Seattle-bor...
Sylvia Beach, bookstore owner and publisher of Ulysses, is born
Sylvia Beach owner of the Paris-based bookstore Shakespeare and Co. is born in Baltimore. Beach moved to Paris at the age of 14 when her father a Presbyteri...
Billy Crystal is born
On this day in 1948 the comedian and actor Billy Crystal who will become known for his starring roles in such movies as When Harry Met Sally and City S...
Boxing team among casualties in Polish Air crash
A Polish Airlines flight on a Soviet-built Ilyushin 62 jet crashes while attempting to land in Warsaw killing all 87 people on board including 22 members of...
The FBI debuts 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List
On this day in 1950 the Federal Bureau of Investigation institutes the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in an effort to publicize particularly dang...
Gorbachev elected president of the Soviet Union
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Battle of New Bern, North Carolina
On this day in 1862 at the Battle of New Bern Union General Ambrose Burnside captures North Carolinas second largest city and closes another port thro...
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