History Events on March 14

Members of the Chadian military fail in an attempted coup d'état.

#Chad

The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London.

#The_Mikado

Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

#Korean_War

Otto von Guericke completes his book on Vacuum.

#Otto_von_Guericke

The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

#Cyprus

The Hay-Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Senate of Colombia would later reject the treaty.

#Hay-Herrán_Treaty

Chioggia concludes an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Venice, which becomes changed in 1412 in Šibenik.

#Chioggia

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

#Gold_Standard_Act

The Israel Defense Forces invade and occupies southern Lebanon in Operation Litani.

#Israel_Defense_Forces

Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.

#John_Byng

Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.

#Alam_Ara

World War II: The Kraków Ghetto is "liquidated".

#World_War_II

In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing 44 and injuring at least 200.

#Hawker_Siddeley_Trident

A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.

#2008_Tibetan_unrest

The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee resistance there; the resulting clash leaves 14 dead.

#Left_Front_(West_Bengal)

Cyclone Idai has swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe over the past few days, destroying almost everything in its path, causing devastating floods, killing and injuring thousands of people and ruining crops. More than 2.6 million people could be affected across the three countries, and the port city of Beira, which was hit on March 8 and is home to 500,000 people, is now an “island in the ocean”, almost completely cut off.

#Cyclone_Idai

American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana.

#American_Revolutionary_War

Space exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.

#Space_exploration

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

#Eli_Whitney

Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.

#Thirty_Years'_War

Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere.

#Lakeview_Gusher

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by US President Theodore Roosevelt.

#Pelican_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge

The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.

#Third_Anglo-Dutch_War

Johnson South Reef Skirmish: Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in Johnson South Reef, disputed Spratly Islands.

#Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish

A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.

#Dallas

Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.

#Battle_of_Ivry

The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

#John_F._Kennedy

Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.

In Poland, LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.

USAF Broken Arrow nuclear weapon mishap in B-52 crash near Yuba City, Ca.

World War II: The R.A.F.'s first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany.

Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.

Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.

The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall.

El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica: A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. Two hundred forty-eight are killed and 93 wounded.

Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.

Emperor Jin Huaidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao).

Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should live.