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March 14
1743 - The first town hall meeting was held in Boston at Faneuil Hall.
1794 - The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney, an invention that revolutionized the cotton industry.
1879 - Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the universe, was born in Ulm, Germany.
1939 - The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, with the Czech areas soon to be occupied by the Nazis and the separation of Slovakia.
1950 - The FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list made its debut.
1951 - During the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul.
1958 - Perry Como's single "To Catch a Falling Star" became the first RIAA gold record.
1962 - Democrat Edward M. Kennedy officially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly 47 years.)
1964 - Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. (Ruby was sentenced to death, but both the conviction and sentence were later overturned; Ruby would die before he could be retried.)
1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
1980 - A LOT Polish Airlines jet crashed while attempting to land in Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22 members of a U.S. amateur boxing team.
1990 - The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-created and powerful position of president.
1995 - American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket as he and two cosmonauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, headed for the Mir space station.
2011 - Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2015 - Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife's disappearance, was arrested by the FBI in New Orleans on a murder warrant a day before HBO aired the final episode of a serial documentary about his life. (Durst would be convicted in the shooting death of his friend, Susan Berman; he died in January 2022 while serving a life sentence in California.)
2019 - Stephen Hawking, the best-known theoretical physicist of his time, died at his home in Cambridge, England at age 76. He had stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal illness ALS for more than 50 years.
Birthdays
27 - Simone Biles (gymnast)
32 - Ash "Shotzi" Urbanski (professional wrestler)
33 - Greta Onieogou (actress)
36 - Sasha Grey (actress)
36 - Stephen Curry (basketball player)
38 - Jamie Bell (actor)
42 - Kate Maberly (actress)
45 - Chris Klein (actor)
48 - Corey Stoll (actor)
48 - Daniel Gillies (actor)
50 - Grace Park (actress)
51 - Betsy Brandt (actress)
55 - Megan Follows (actress)
55 - Michael Bland (musician)
58 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor)
58 - Elise Neal (actress)
65 - Laila Robins (actress)
73 - Rick Dees (radio host)
76 - Billy Crystal (actor/comedian)
78 - Steve Kanaly (actor)
79 - Michael Martin Murphy (singer)
85 - Raymond J. Barry (actor)
91 - Michael Caine (actor)
91 - Quincy Jones (composer/conductor)
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Today in Sports History - March 14
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored an NBA playoff record 53 points against the Syracuse Nationals.
1962 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings becomes the second player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) played every minute of a game for the 47th consecutive time. The streak ended during the Warriors' next game.
1967 - The AFL and the NFL held the first common draft. The two leagues merged in 1970. The first player chosen was Bubba Smith, a defensive lineman from Michigan State.
1972 - The Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association announced that the team's franchise would be moved to Kansas City, Missouri at the end of the season.
1978 - NFL owners vote to permanently add a seventh official -- side judge.
2005 - Major League Baseball gave a congressional committee about 400 pages of documents related to drug testing. It was also reported that Bud Selig would be willing to testify in hearings planned for March 17.
2017 - The world's oldest golf club Muirfield in Scotland votes to admit women as members for the first time in its 273-year history.
1743 - The first town hall meeting was held in Boston at Faneuil Hall.
1794 - The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney, an invention that revolutionized the cotton industry.
1879 - Albert Einstein, who would revolutionize physics and the human understanding of the universe, was born in Ulm, Germany.
1939 - The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, with the Czech areas soon to be occupied by the Nazis and the separation of Slovakia.
1950 - The FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list made its debut.
1951 - During the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul.
1958 - Perry Como's single "To Catch a Falling Star" became the first RIAA gold record.
1962 - Democrat Edward M. Kennedy officially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly 47 years.)
1964 - Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. (Ruby was sentenced to death, but both the conviction and sentence were later overturned; Ruby would die before he could be retried.)
1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
1980 - A LOT Polish Airlines jet crashed while attempting to land in Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22 members of a U.S. amateur boxing team.
1990 - The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-created and powerful position of president.
1995 - American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket as he and two cosmonauts blasted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, headed for the Mir space station.
2011 - Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2015 - Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife's disappearance, was arrested by the FBI in New Orleans on a murder warrant a day before HBO aired the final episode of a serial documentary about his life. (Durst would be convicted in the shooting death of his friend, Susan Berman; he died in January 2022 while serving a life sentence in California.)
2019 - Stephen Hawking, the best-known theoretical physicist of his time, died at his home in Cambridge, England at age 76. He had stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal illness ALS for more than 50 years.
Birthdays
27 - Simone Biles (gymnast)
32 - Ash "Shotzi" Urbanski (professional wrestler)
33 - Greta Onieogou (actress)
36 - Sasha Grey (actress)
36 - Stephen Curry (basketball player)
38 - Jamie Bell (actor)
42 - Kate Maberly (actress)
45 - Chris Klein (actor)
48 - Corey Stoll (actor)
48 - Daniel Gillies (actor)
50 - Grace Park (actress)
51 - Betsy Brandt (actress)
55 - Megan Follows (actress)
55 - Michael Bland (musician)
58 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor)
58 - Elise Neal (actress)
65 - Laila Robins (actress)
73 - Rick Dees (radio host)
76 - Billy Crystal (actor/comedian)
78 - Steve Kanaly (actor)
79 - Michael Martin Murphy (singer)
85 - Raymond J. Barry (actor)
91 - Michael Caine (actor)
91 - Quincy Jones (composer/conductor)
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Today in Sports History - March 14
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored an NBA playoff record 53 points against the Syracuse Nationals.
1962 - Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings becomes the second player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) played every minute of a game for the 47th consecutive time. The streak ended during the Warriors' next game.
1967 - The AFL and the NFL held the first common draft. The two leagues merged in 1970. The first player chosen was Bubba Smith, a defensive lineman from Michigan State.
1972 - The Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association announced that the team's franchise would be moved to Kansas City, Missouri at the end of the season.
1978 - NFL owners vote to permanently add a seventh official -- side judge.
2005 - Major League Baseball gave a congressional committee about 400 pages of documents related to drug testing. It was also reported that Bud Selig would be willing to testify in hearings planned for March 17.
2017 - The world's oldest golf club Muirfield in Scotland votes to admit women as members for the first time in its 273-year history.