March 14
1743 - The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall.
1794 - The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney.
1879 - Physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
1939 - The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, soon to be occupied by the Nazis.
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 "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, who was the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. (Both the conviction and his death sentence were overturned, but Ruby died 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.
1990 - The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-crated 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.)
2018 -Stephen Hawking, the best-known theoretical physicist of his time, died at his home in Cambridge, England, at the age of 76; he had stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal illness ALS for more than 50 years.
2022 - Leon Scharzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and a lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, died at 101.
2022 - Country music legend Dolly Parton announced she was pulling out of the nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hadn’t “earned that right.” (She would later reverse course and accept induction into the hall.)
Birthdays
21 - James Freedson-Jackson (actor)
26 - Simone Biles (gymnast)
27 - AJ Clementine (model)
29 - Ansel Elgort (actor)
31 - Kailyn Lowry (reality star)
32 - Greta Onieogou (actress)
35 - Stephen Curry (basketball player)
35 - Sasha Grey (actress)
37 - Jamie Bell (actor)
40 - Tyler Hanson (singer)
41 - Anne Marie Kortright (model)
41 - Kate Maberly (actress)
42 - Ryan Cartwright (actor)
44 - Chris Klein (actor)
44 - Jake Fogelnest (actor)
47 - Corey Stoll (actor)
47 - Daniel Gillies (actor)
49 - Grace Park (actress)
50 - Betsy Brandt (actress)
53 - Kristian Bush (singer)
55 - Megan Follows (actress)
57 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor)
57 - Elise Neal (actress)
64 - Tamara Tunie (actress)
64 - Laila Robins (actress)
69 - Jann Browne (singer)
72 - Rick Dees (radio personality)
75 - Billy Crystal (actor/comedian)
77 - Steve Kanaly (actor)
78 - Michael Martin Murphey (singer)
84 - Raymond J. Barry (actor)
90 - Quincy Jones (composer)
90 - Michael Caine (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 14
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored a record 53 points.
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) to games.
1980 - Aa 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.
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.
2013 - The NHL’s realignment plan was approved by the league’s board of governors.
2017 - Muirfield in Scotland, the world's oldest golf club, voted to admit women as members for the first time in its 273-year history.
2022 - Australian Cameron Smith wins the PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass, taking the biggest individual purse in golf history at $3.6 million.
1743 - The first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall.
1794 - The cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney.
1879 - Physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
1939 - The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, soon to be occupied by the Nazis.
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 "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, who was the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. (Both the conviction and his death sentence were overturned, but Ruby died 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.
1990 - The Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-crated 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.)
2018 -Stephen Hawking, the best-known theoretical physicist of his time, died at his home in Cambridge, England, at the age of 76; he had stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal illness ALS for more than 50 years.
2022 - Leon Scharzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and a lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, died at 101.
2022 - Country music legend Dolly Parton announced she was pulling out of the nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hadn’t “earned that right.” (She would later reverse course and accept induction into the hall.)
Birthdays
21 - James Freedson-Jackson (actor)
26 - Simone Biles (gymnast)
27 - AJ Clementine (model)
29 - Ansel Elgort (actor)
31 - Kailyn Lowry (reality star)
32 - Greta Onieogou (actress)
35 - Stephen Curry (basketball player)
35 - Sasha Grey (actress)
37 - Jamie Bell (actor)
40 - Tyler Hanson (singer)
41 - Anne Marie Kortright (model)
41 - Kate Maberly (actress)
42 - Ryan Cartwright (actor)
44 - Chris Klein (actor)
44 - Jake Fogelnest (actor)
47 - Corey Stoll (actor)
47 - Daniel Gillies (actor)
49 - Grace Park (actress)
50 - Betsy Brandt (actress)
53 - Kristian Bush (singer)
55 - Megan Follows (actress)
57 - Gary Anthony Williams (actor)
57 - Elise Neal (actress)
64 - Tamara Tunie (actress)
64 - Laila Robins (actress)
69 - Jann Browne (singer)
72 - Rick Dees (radio personality)
75 - Billy Crystal (actor/comedian)
77 - Steve Kanaly (actor)
78 - Michael Martin Murphey (singer)
84 - Raymond J. Barry (actor)
90 - Quincy Jones (composer)
90 - Michael Caine (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 14
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored a record 53 points.
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) to games.
1980 - Aa 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.
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.
2013 - The NHL’s realignment plan was approved by the league’s board of governors.
2017 - Muirfield in Scotland, the world's oldest golf club, voted to admit women as members for the first time in its 273-year history.
2022 - Australian Cameron Smith wins the PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass, taking the biggest individual purse in golf history at $3.6 million.
