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Historical Events
on March 14th
- Lead Story
- Albert Einstein born,1879
- American Revolution
- Alexander Hamilton is named captain of artillery company,1776
- Automotive
- Mack Truck founder killed in car crash,1922
- Civil War
- Battle of New Bern, North Carolina,1862
- Cold War
- Gorbachev elected president of the Soviet Union,1990
- Crime
- The FBI debuts 10 Most Wanted,1950
- Disaster
- Boxing team among casualties in Polish Air crash,1980
- General Interest
- Jack Ruby sentenced to death,1964
- Birmingham Six released,1991
- Hollywood
- Billy Crystal is born,1948
- Literary
- Sylvia Beach, bookstore owner and publisher of Ulysses, is born,1887
- Music
- The Recording Industry Association of America awards first Gold Record to Perry Como for "Catch A Falling Star",1958
- Old West
- Max Brand publishes his first novel,1919
- Presidential
- JFK's body moved to permanent gravesite,1967
- Sports
- President Clinton expresses desire to return to golf course,1997
- Vietnam War
- Allies launch second wave of Rolling Thunder,1965
- Nixon discusses the possibility of U.S. troop withdrawals,1969
- World War I
- German cruiser Dresden sinks,1915
- World War II
- Germans recapture Kharkov,1943
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