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14 March, 2005

Cedar Revolution, where one million Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and against the government, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

14 March, 1998

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

14 March, 1997

The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality.

14 March, 1995

Manned space mission: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.

14 March, 1994

Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

14 March, 1984

Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

14 March, 1980

In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.

14 March, 1979

In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.

14 March, 1978

The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani

14 March, 1967

The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

14 March, 1964

A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of John F. Kennedy.

14 March, 1951

Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

14 March, 1943

World War II - The Kraków Ghetto is liquidated.

14 March, 1942

John Bumstead and Orvan Hess became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.

14 March, 1939

German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.

14 March, 1926

Costa Rica: the fall of a train into the Río Virilla killed 248 and injured 93.

14 March, 1915

World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the disastrous Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.

14 March, 1910

Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.

14 March, 1903

The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.

14 March, 1900

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

14 March, 1889

German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"

14 March, 1869

Defeat of Titokowaru.

14 March, 1794

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

14 March, 1757

On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.

14 March, 1647

Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.

14 March, 1590

Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.

14 March, 1489

The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

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