Historical Events on March 14
- 1757: For breach of Articles of War, Royal Navy Admiral Sir John Byng is executed aboard the HMS Monarch by a firing squad.
- 1780: During the American Revolutionary War, British frontier post Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama is captured by Spanish forces.
- 1794: A patent is given to Eli Whitney for the cotton gin.
- 1900: United States currency is placed on the gold standard when the Gold Standard Act of 1900 is ratified.
- 1903: United States President Theodore Roosevelt establishes the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.
- 1945: The Royal Air Force’s use the Grand Slam Bomb for the first time in Bielefeld, Germany.
- 1951: United Nation forces capture the city of Seoul, Korea. It’s the 2nd time the city is captured.
- 1961: A United States Air Force Goldsboro B-52 crashes near Yuba City, California.
- 1964: Jack Ruby is found guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald by a Dallas jury.
- 1967: United States’ President John F. Kennedy’s body is moved to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1994: The Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released to the public.
- 1995: Astronaut Norman Thagard is the 1st American astronaut to launch into space while on board of a Russian launch vehicle.
- 2008: Riots, demonstrations and protests erupt all over Tibet.
Famous Birthdays on March 14
- German physician and Nobel Prize laureate, Paul Ehrlich is born in 1854.
- American lawyer and 28th Vice-President of the U.S., Thomas R. Marshall is born in 1854.
- German-American physicist, engineer and Nobel Prize laureate, Albert Einstein is born in 1879.
- American colonel and astronaut, Frank Borman is born in 1928.
- English actor Michael Caine is born in 1933.
- American actor Raymond J. Barry is born in 1939.
- American actress Tamara Tunie is born in 1959.
- American actress Laila Robins is born in 1959.
- American adult movie actress Sasha Grey is born in 1988.
- American gymnast Simone Biles is born in 1997.