ON THIS DAY - 14 MARCH 313 – China – Emperor Jin Huidi executed. 1489 – Cyprus – Queen Catherine Cornaro sold her kingdom to Venice. 1590 – France – Battle of Ivry (French Wars of Religion). 1780 – USA – Fort Charlotte, Mobile, Alabama, captured by Spanish (American Revolutionary War). 1800 – Rome – Cardinal Count Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti became Pope Pius VII. 1903 – USA – Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge established. 1926 – Costa Rica – Train fell off bridge over the Río Virilla, 248 killed. 1951 – South Korea – United Nations troops recapture Seoul – 2nd time (Korean War). 1957 – UK – British European Airways Flight 411 crashed at Manchester Airport, 22 killed. 1964 – USA – Jack Ruby found guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas, Texas. 1972 – United Arab Emirates – Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed near Kalba, 112 killed. 1980 – Poland – LOT Flight 7 crashed near Warsaw, 87 killed. 1978 – Lebanon – Southern region occupied by Israeli Defence forces. 1979 – China – A Hawker Siddeley Trident crashed near Beijing, 200 killed. 1980 – Poland – Plane crashed near Warsaw, 87 killed. 1998 – Japan – Paralympic VII Winter Games Closing Ceremony in Nagano. 2006 – Indonesia – Earthquake measuring 6.7Mw, epicentre in Seram, 3 killed.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:00:36 +0000
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