14th March anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1681
  • Germany
  • "Birth of Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer." more
  • 1833
  • United States
  • "Birth of Lucy Hobbs Taylor, the first woman dentist in the United States." more
  • 1879
  • Germany
  • Birth of Albert Einstein more
  • 1914
  • Great Britain
  • Birth of Bill Owen (Compo in Last of the Summer Wine). more
  • 1958
  • Monaco
  • Birth of Prince Albert of Monaco .
• event
  • 1837
  • Great Britain
  • Wheatstone and Cooke send first British telegraph message (some say 25 July – the electric telegraph was patented in May)
  • 1885
  • Great Britain
  • "First performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre, London" more
  • 1931
  • India
  • "Alam Ara released, the first Indian talking picture." more
  • 1939
  • Czech Republic
  • "The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation"
  • 1983
  • OPEC agreed to cut oil prices for first time since its was founded in 1961 .
  • 1984
  • Ireland
  • "Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was shot and wounded in a street attack in central Belfast, Northern Ireland"
  • 1989
  • United States
  • The US Government banned the importation of semi-automatic assault rifles
  • 1994
  • Finland
  • After three years of development with help and contributions from many enthusiasts Version 1.0.0 of the Linux kernel operating system for computers was released. more
• Death
  • 1757
  • Great Britain
  • British admiral John Byng was executed by firing squad at Portsmouth harbour for failing to relieve the naval base at Minorca from a French siege
  • 1883
  • Germany
  • "Death of Karl Marx, German philosopher ."
  • 1932
  • United States
  • "Death of George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera which helped to promote large-scale amateur photography"
  • 1976
  • United States
  • "Death of Busby Berkeley, legendary choreographer of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films." more