What are the important events that happened on March 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 14 is the 74th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 292 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 1, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,104 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontatetragon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 321 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,101 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 14 Historical Events
- 44 BC –Casca, Cicero and Cassius decided, in the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive.
- 313 –Emperor Jin Huidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao).
- 1381 –Chioggia concludes an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Venice, which becomes changed in 1412 in Šibenik.
- 1782 –Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
- 1794 –Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
- 1900 –The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
- 1967 –The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1980 –In Poland, a plane crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
- 1994 –Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
- 1995 –Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.
Who were born on March 14?
- 1837 –Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (d. 1903)
- 1899 –K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
- 1905 –Raymond Aron, French philosopher (d. 1983)
- 1925 –William Clay Ford, Sr., American owner of the Detroit Lions
- 1939 –Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
- 1948 –Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
- 1961 –Hiro Matsushita, Japanese racing driver
- 1969 –Des Coleman, English actor and presenter
- 1975 –Rico Yan, Filipino actor (d. 2002)
- 1991 –László Szűcs, Hungarian footballer
Who died on March 14?
- 1647 –Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
- 1957 –Evagoras Pallikarides, Greek-Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
- 1976 –Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
- 1977 –Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
- 1980 –Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish populariser environmentalist (b. 1928)
- 1980 –Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
- 1989 –Edward Abbey, American author and environmental activist (b. 1927)
- 1991 –Doc Pomus, American composer (b. 1925)
- 1991 –Howard Ashman, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950)
- 1999 –Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
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