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March 14, 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch March 14, 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 March 14, 1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award March 14, 1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery March 14, 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi March 14, 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) March 14, 1995 1st time 13 people in space March 14, 1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped March 14, 1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard March 14, 1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances March 14, 1993 "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances March 14, 1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances March 14, 1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense" March 14, 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) March 14, 1993 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship March 14, 1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days March 14, 1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) March 14, 1992 Farm Aid V March 14, 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication March 14, 1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave March 14, 1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) March 14, 1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev March 14, 1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) March 14, 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment March 14, 1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson March 14, 1990 Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress March 14, 1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87 March 14, 1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m March 14, 1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt March 14, 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl March 14, 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) March 14, 1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards March 14, 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards March 14, 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission March 14, 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years March 14, 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic March 14, 1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century March 14, 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation March 14, 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay March 14, 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) March 14, 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) March 14, 1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch March 14, 1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) March 14, 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) March 14, 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race March 14, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 14, 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland March 14, 1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC March 14, 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV March 14, 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes March 14, 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos March 14, 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes March 14, 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct March 14, 1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. NZ March 14, 1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia March 14, 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA March 14, 1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith March 14, 1967 John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial March 14, 1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany March 14, 1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances March 14, 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder March 14, 1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists March 14, 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France March 14, 1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals March 14, 1961 George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets March 14, 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California March 14, 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelipha) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points March 14, 1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) March 14, 1958 Recording Industry Association of American created March 14, 1958 South Africa government disallows ANC March 14, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 14, 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test March 14, 1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns March 14, 1956 Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League) March 14, 1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal March 14, 1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game March 14, 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins March 14, 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship March 14, 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak March 14, 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting March 14, 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party March 14, 1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul March 14, 1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany March 14, 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins March 14, 1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco March 14, 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms March 14, 1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm March 14, 1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies March 14, 1941 Xavier Cugat and Orch record "Babalu" March 14, 1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas March 14, 1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day March 14, 1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia March 14, 1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio March 14, 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge March 14, 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue March 14, 1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars March 14, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation March 14, 1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense March 14, 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) March 14, 1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland March 14, 1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP March 14, 1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes March 14, 1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions March 14, 1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions March 14, 1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions March 14, 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF March 14, 1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun March 14, 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile March 14, 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty March 14, 1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation March 14, 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt March 14, 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms March 14, 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4 March 14, 1906 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms March 14, 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida March 14, 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games March 14, 1903 WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin March 14, 1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A March 14, 1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics March 14, 1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard March 14, 1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 March 14, 1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) March 14, 1889 August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen March 14, 1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") March 14, 1885 "Mikado" opera premieres in London March 14, 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London March 14, 1875 Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres March 14, 1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible March 14, 1864 Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris March 14, 1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana March 14, 1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern March 14, 1845 -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen March 14, 1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) March 14, 1840 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid March 14, 1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia March 14, 1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama March 14, 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) March 14, 1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 March 14, 1800 Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII March 14, 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin March 14, 1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) March 14, 1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne March 14, 1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen March 14, 1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno March 14, 1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) March 14, 1629 England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony March 14, 1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League March 14, 1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Neth March 14, 1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor |