What Happened On March 14

What Happened On Mar 14 Events

1800 Mar 14 Count Barnaba Chiaramonti (Pius VII) elected Pope
Pope Pius VII, OSB (14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), born Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was Pope from 14 March, 1800 to 20 August, 1823. Following the death of Pius V...
1862 Mar 14 Battle of New Bern - New Bern Falls under Federal Control
The Battle of New Bern (also known as the Battle of New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American C...
1864 Mar 14 Battle of Fort De Russy
Other Names: None Location: Avoyelles Parish Campaign: Red River Campaign (1864) Date(s): March 14, 1864 Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. A.J. Smith and Brig. Gen. Joseph Mowe...
1879 Mar 14 Albert Einstein is born
Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He was the first child born to Hermann and Pauline Einstein. Though he attended school as a young boy, he also received instruction at ho...
1887 Mar 14 The Bussey Bridge Train Disaster
The recent terrible disaster at the White River bridge, on the Central Vermont railroad, was paralleled, and, with the exception of the fire feature, almost exactly duplicated at Bussey b...
1896 Mar 14 Sutro Baths Is Opened
On March 14, 1896, San Francisco celebrated the official opening of the Sutro Baths, an extravagant public bathhouse envisioned and developed by the one-time mayor of San Francisco, Adolp...
1903 Mar 14 Ottawa Silver Seven win Stanley Cup
Ottawa defeated the Rat Portage Thistles 6–2, 4–2 (10–4) in a two-game, total goals series in Ottawa, March 12–14, 1903. As the new CAHL and Cup champions, the Ottawas accepted a challen...
1908 Mar 14 Montreal Wanderers win Stanley Cup
The 1907–08 Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) season lasted from December 29, 1907 until March 7, 1908. Teams played a ten game schedule. The Montreal Wanderers would win ...
1946 Mar 14 Ernest Hemingway Marries Mary Welsh
According to A. E. Hotchner, Hemingway supposedly considered divorcing fourth wife Mary Welsh. Hotchner reports in a new preface to Papa Hemingway, that Hemingway once told him: I wish I ...
1972 Mar 14 Linda Jones Dies
Linda Jones (14 December 1944, Newark, New Jersey - 14 March 1972, Harlem) was an American soul singer. She started in her family's gospel group the Jones Singers at the age of six. Her f...
1975 Mar 14 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Released in the US
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Pali...
1979 Mar 14 "Hair" Is Released
Hair is a 1979 film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same title about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army ind...
1980 Mar 14 Def Leppard release On Through the Night
On Through the Night is the debut album by British Rock band Def Leppard, released in 1980. The album charted at #51 on The Billboard 200 and #15 on the UK Albums Chart. It features rerec...
1982 Mar 14 Metallica plays their first show
Metallica played its first live show on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, California with newly recruited bassist Ron McGovney.
1985 Mar 14 "Donga", Starring Chiranjeevi and Radha, Released in India
Donga (Thief) is a Telegu film which was released on March 14, 1985. This film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, and stars Chiranjeevi and Radha. This film is produced by T. Trivikram...
1985 Mar 14 "It's Only Rock and Roll (Only Fools and Horses)" Airs
It's Only Rock and Roll is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the fourth episode of series 4, and was first screened on 14 March 1985. At a warehouse, as Del ...
1986 Mar 14 Voivod release Rrröööaaarrr
Rrröööaaarrr is the second album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records.
1989 Mar 14 Extreme releases their self-titled debut album
Extreme is the first studio album of Boston funk-metal band Extreme, released on March 14, 1989. Despite being released on a major label, the album did not sell very well. It produced fou...
1994 Mar 14 Apple Introduces Power Macintosh 6100, Their First Computer to Use PowerPC Processor
The Power Macintosh 6100 was Apple Computer's first computer to use the new PowerPC RISC type processor created by IBM and Motorola. It came in the Centris 610's "pizza box" low-profile c...
1998 Mar 14 MST3K Ep. 901 - "The Projected Man"
1960s-era British sci-fi movie. A professor develops a teleporter, then teleports himself — with disastrous results.
2000 Mar 14 Dead Prez Releases "Let's Get Free"
Critically acclaimed upon its first release, Let's Get Free was called a "return to politically conscious rap" and "the most politically conscious rap since Public Enemy"; the duo's messa...
2000 Mar 14 Joe Satriani Releases "Engines of Creation"
Engines of Creation is an album by Joe Satriani which was an experiment in fusing the "analog" instrumental electric guitar genre with the more modern "digital" music genres of techno, dr...
2004 Mar 14 WrestleMania XX
WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on March 14, 2004 at Madison Square Garde...
2006 Mar 14 Joe Satriani Releases "Super Colossal"
Super Colossal is a 2006 album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. It is his eleventh studio album recorded at Studio 21. It was also recorded at Armoury Studios in Vancouver, ...
2006 Mar 14 Sepultura release Dante XXI
Dante XXI is the tenth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 2006 through SPV Records. It is a concept album based on the three sections of Dante Alighieri's ...
2007 Mar 14 Dole Food Company and Feed The Children Mark 10 Years of Fighting Hunger in South Florida
Dole Food Company today announced that it is teaming up with Feed the Children to support South Florida's largest annual food drive. The company will donate over 42,000 lbs of Dole® Frui...
2007 Mar 14 South Park Episode 1102 - "Cartman Sucks"
2008 Mar 14 Miley And Mandy: Is My Makeup Too Dark?
Miley Cyrus & Mandy Jiroux Demi and Selena Parody!
2008 Mar 14 Miley And Mandy: Wakey Wakey
Watch Miley wake up her best friend Mandy at 8:00 am.
2008 Mar 14 Utah Jazz defeat Boston Celtics, 110-92
2009 Mar 14 Alain Bashung Dies
Alain Bashung (born Alain Baschung; IPA: [alɛ̃ baʃuŋ(ɡ)]) (1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory wor...
2009 Mar 14 Boston Bruins defeat New York Islanders, 2-1
Third period (Bruins, 1-0; Islanders ahead on shots, 29-15). 4:05 -- Islanders Mark Streit whistled off for tripping Marc Savard. Bruins on power play. Again, an unimpressive power pl...
2009 Mar 14 "Party Guys" SNL Digital Short
Samberg and Hader are at a party where everyone and everything is a literal representation of a slang term (i.e., a "serial rapist" (Forte) is shown having sex with a box of cereal, a gro...
2010 Mar 14 Cleveland Cavaliers defeat Boston Celtics, 104-93
There was a time when the Cavaliers measured themselves against the Celtics. LeBron James and Co. were the fourth seed that took the top-seeded Celtics, a 66-win, championship-bound buzzs...
2010 Mar 14 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Indiana Pacers, 98-94
  PLAYER OF THE GAME: Forward Jerry Stackhouse scored 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including 4 of 6 from three-point range, to give the Bucks a needed lift off the bench. "Coming off...
2010 Mar 14 Minnesota Wild defeat St. Louis Blues, 4-2
Makes you wonder what the Wild could have done Sunday with a healthy roster. Despite Owen Nolan being a late scratch because of a lower body injury and Greg Zanon joining Derek Boogaar...
2010 Mar 14 New York Rangers defeat Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1
As much as the Rangers were seething back in January over Daniel Carcillo's mismatched fight with Marian Gaborik, John Tortorella wanted his team disciplined in yesterday's rematch with t...
2010 Mar 14 Ohio State Buckeyes defeat Minnesota Golden Gophers, 90-61
Big victories over Michigan State and Purdue over the weekend boosted Minnesota into the NCAA men's basketball tournament despite today's 29-point loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten title ...
2010 Mar 14 Peter Graves Dies
Peter Graves, the cool spymaster of television’s “Mission: Impossible” and the dignified host of the “Biography” series, who successfully spoofed his own gravitas in the “Airplane!” movie...
2010 Mar 14 Sacramento Kings defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 114-100
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - Jonny Flynn traveled from town to town auditioning for work so often last summer, the days and the workouts leading to the June draft became one big blur. But ther...
2011 Mar 14 Japanese Earthquake Upgraded to 9.0
The US Geological Survey has upgraded the magnitude of Friday's deadly earthquake in Japan to 9.0. The move comes after Japan's Meteorological Agency did the same. US government scientist...
2011 Mar 14 Third Explosion Strikes Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant
A third explosion in four days rocked the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan early Tuesday, the country's nuclear safety agency said. The plant's owner...