What happened on March 14?
1997 - 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch1997 - Iranian military plane crashes, killing 801997 - Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award1997 - President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery1996 - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi1996 - Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)1995 - 1st time 13 people in space1994 - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped1994 - Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard1993 - "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances1993 - "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances1993 - "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances1993 - 3,000th performance of "Nunsense"1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship1993 - Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days1993 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR)1992 - Farm Aid V 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication1991 - Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave1991 - Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA)1991 - Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev1991 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)1991 - British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment1990 - 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress1987 - Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-871987 - Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m1987 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt1987 - New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl1986 - European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)1985 - 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards1985 - Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission1983 - OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic1982 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century1980 - 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation1980 - Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay1980 - Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.)1980 - Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)1980 - Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch1978 - Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)1978 - NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)1976 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race1976 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1973 - Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland1972 - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC1971 - Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV1971 - Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes1971 - South Vietnamese troops flee Laos1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct1969 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand1968 - POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia1968 - CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA1967 - 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith1967 - John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial1965 - Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany1964 - "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances1964 - Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder1963 - SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France1962 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals1961 - George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets1960 - 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points1958 - RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)1958 - Recording Industry Association of American created1958 - South Africa government disallows ANC1958 - U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site1958 - U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test1957 - Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies1941 Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record "Babalu"1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City)1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-41906 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games1903 WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-21896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)1889 August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21")1885 "Mikado" opera premieres in London1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London1875 Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible1864 Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern1845 -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)1840 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York)1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 18121800 - Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII1794 - Eli Whitney patents cotton gin1743 - 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)1734 - Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne1689 - Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen1653 - Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno1644 - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)1590 - Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League1559 - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands1558 - Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperorPorn star Eva Angelina was born.