What Happened on 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... Read more

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... Read more

Battle of Fort De Russy

Other Names: None Location: Avoyelles Parish Campaign: Red River Campaign (1864) Date(s): March 14, 1864 Principal Commanders: Brig.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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. Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

Voivod release Rrröööaaarrr

Rrröööaaarrr is the second album by Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records. Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

MST3K Ep. 901 - "The Projected Man"

1960s-era British sci-fi movie. A professor develops a teleporter, then teleports himself — with disastrous results. Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

WrestleMania XX

WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more