44BC ~ Casca, Cicero & Cassius decided, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive.

1489 ~ Catherine Cornaro the Queen of Cyprus sold her kingdom to Venice on the 14th March 1489.

1647 ~ The Truce of Ulm was signed by Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden signed  on the 14th March 1647, after the Thiry Years’ War.

1681 ~ Georg Philipp Telemann the German composer was born on the 14th March 1681 (died 1767).

1790 ~ LUDWiG EMiL GRiMM the German painter and engraver was born in Hanau on the 14th March 1790 (died 1863 aged 73). Ludwig was the younger brother of the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm.

1794 ~ Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin on the 14th March 1794.

1804 ~ Johann Strauss I the Austrian composer and the father of Johann Strauss II was born on the 14th March 1804 (died 1849).

1835 ~ Giovanni Schiaparelli the Italian astronomer and historian was born on the 14th March 1835 (died 1910).

1844 ~ Arthur O’Shaughnessy the English poet was born on the 14th March 1844 (died 1881).

1853 ~ FERDiNAND HODLER the Swiss painter was born in Berne on the 14th March 1853 (died 1918).

1854 ~ Paul Ehrlich the German physician and Nobel Prize laureate was born in Strehlen on the 14th March 1854 (died 1915).

1854 ~ John Lane the English publisher and co-founder of The Bodley Head was born on the 14th March 1854 (died 1925).

1862 ~ Vilhelm Bjerknes the Norwegian physicist and meteorologist was born on the 14th March 1862 (died 1951).

1874 ~ Anton Philips the Dutch businessman and co-founder of Philips Electronics was born on the 14th March 1874 (died 1951). www.Philips.com.au

1879 ~ ALBERT EiNSTEiN the German born physicist was born in Ulm, Germany on the 14th March 1879 (died 18th April 1955 aged 76). Einstein was a theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. Einstein is best known for the world’s most famous equation, his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc². Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his services to theoretical physics, and mostly for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, which was pivotal in establishing quantum theory.

1883 ~ Karl Marx the German philosopher and theorist died on the 14th March 1883 aged 64 (born 5th May 1818).

1885 ~ The Mikado opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London on the 14th March 1885.

1887 ~ Sylvia Beach the American-French publisher and founder of Shakespeare and Company was born on the 14th March 1887 (died 1962).

1888 ~ Marc-Aurèle Fortin the Canadian painter was born on the 14th March 1888 (died 1970).

1894 ~ Osa Johnson the American director and explorer was born on the 14th March 1894 (died 1953).

1899 ~ K. C. Irving the Canadian businessman and founder of Irving Oil was born on the 14th March 1899 (died 1992).

1900 ~ The Gold Standard Act was ratified on the 14th March 1900, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

1905 ~ Raymond Aron the French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher was born on the 14th March 1905 (died 1983).

1903 ~ The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge was established on the 14th March 1903, by US President Theodore Roosevelt.

1908 ~ Philip Conrad Vincent the English businessman and founder of Vincent Motorcycles was born on the 14th March 1908 (died 1979).

1908 ~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty the French philosopher was born on the 14th March 1908 (died 1961).

1910 ~ Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher, near Bakersfield, California, vented to the atmosphere on the 14th March 1910.

1911 ~ Akira Yoshizawa the Japanese origamist was born on the 14th March 1911 (died 2005).

1912 ~ LES BROWN the American saxophonist, composer and bandleader was born on the 14th March 1912 (died 2001 aged 88). YouTube video: The Billboard March – Les Brown & His Band Of Renown…

1914 ~ Lee Hays the American singer-songwriter  from The Weavers was born on the 14th March 1914 (died 1981).

1920 ~ Hank Ketcham the American cartoonist was born on the 14th March 1920 (died 2001).

1921 ~ Ada Louise Huxtable the American author and critic was born on the 14th March 1921 (died 2013).

1922 ~ LES BAXTER the American pianist and composer was born on the 14th March 1922 (died 1996 aged 73). YouTube video: The Soul Of The Drums – Les Baxter 1963 Exotica Easy Listening Full LP: Side A: 1.The Girl Behind The Bamboo Curtain 2.Lord, What A Morning 3.Calabash Annie 4.Sunrise At Kowloon 5.Which Doctor? 6.Mai Tai Side |B: 1. A Day In Rio 2.River Of Dreams 3.Nina 4.The Enchanted Reef 5.Jacaranda 6. Ceremony…

1923 ~ Diane Arbus the American photographer was born on the 14th March 1923 (died 1971).

1926 ~ Phil Phillips the American singer-songwriter was born on the 14th March 1926.

1928 ~ Frank Borman the American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on the 14th March 1928.

1928 ~ Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente the Spanish environmentalist was born on the 14th March 1928 (died 1980).

1931 ~ Alam Ara, India‘s 1st talkie film, was released on the 14th March 1931.

1932 ~ Naina Yeltsina the Russian wife of Boris Yeltsin (First Lady of Russia) was born on the 14th March 1932.

1933 ~ QUiNCY JONES the American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer was born on the 14th March 1933.

1933 ~ MiCHAEL CAiNE the English actor and author was born on the 14th March 1933.

1936 ~ The 1st All-Sound Film Version of SHOW BOAT opened at Radio City Music Hall on the 14th March 1936. (There was a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.)

1939 ~ Slovakia declared independence under German pressure on the 14th March 1939.

1945 ~ MiCHAEL MARTiN MURPHEY the American singer-songwriter was born on the 14th March 1945. YouTube video: Michael Martin Murphey ~ Wildfire (1975) ~ “This is a beautiful song written by Michael Murphey, about a horse that will make an animal lover shed a tear.” (Anton K)……other videos of Michael Murphey performing his hit song Wildfire on YouTube: Michael Murphey – Wildfire on The Midnight Special 1976 & Michael Murphy – Wildfire on Letterman 2007

1945 ~ Walter Parazaider the American saxophonist  from the band Chicago was born on the 14th March 1945.

1945 ~ The R.A.F.‘s 1st operational use of the Grand Slam bomb was on the 14th March 1945, in Bielefeld, Germany, during World War II.

1947 ~ PAM AYRES the English comedian, actor, and poet was born on the 14th March 1947.

1947 ~ JONA LEWiE the English singer-songwriter and keyboard player was born in Southampton on the 14th March 1947. Jona Lewie is best known for his 1980 hits You’ll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties (1980), Stop the Cavalry (1980) and Louise (1981)…

1948 ~ BiLLY CRYSTAL the American actor and comedian was born on the 14th March 1948.

1948 ~ Theo Jansen the Dutch sculptor was born on the 14th March 1948.

1951 ~ Jerry Greenfield the American businessman and co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s was born on the 14th March 1951.

1957 ~ Tad Williams the American author was born on the 14th March 1957.

1958 ~ Albert II, Prince of Monaco was born on the 14th March 1958.

1964 ~ Jack Ruby was found guilty by a Dallas jury for the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald (the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy) on the 14th March 1964.

1965 ~ Aamir Khan the Indian actor, director, and producer was born on the 14th March 1965.

1965 ~ SHEiLA CHANDRA the English (Indian descent) singer from the Monsoon pop band was born in London on the 14th March 1965. Sheila Chandra’s official website: www.SheilaChandra.com | YouTube video: Monsoon ~ Ever So Lonely (1982)…

1967 ~ U.S. President John F. Kennedy‘s body was moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery on the 14th March 1967.

197# ~ CHRiS STEiN the German-Australian model known as the No.1 model for PhotoGraffix Advertising Agency was born in Germany on the 14th March in the 1970s. Chris Stein retired from modelling in the 1990s when she became a business partner and administrator of an advertising business, and later became a manager and co-owner of a limousine business.

1978 ~ Pieter van den Hoogenband the Dutch swimmer was born in  Maastricht, Limburg on the 14th March 1978. Twitter.com/PVDHoogenband (verified account)

1979 ~ Chris Klein the American actor was born on the 14th March 1979.

1980 ~ Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente the Spanish environmentalist died on his 52nd birthday on the 14th March 1980 (born 14th March 1928). Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente died in an aircraft crash in Alaska while shooting a documentary about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, with 2 cameramen and a pilot also dying.

1982 ~ Kate Maberly the English actress and musician was born in Reigate, England on the 14th March 1982. Kate Maberly is know for her roles in The Secret Garden (1993), Mothertime (1997) and Victoria & Albert (2001).

1983 ~ TAYLOR HANSON the American singer-songwriter and keyboard player from the band Hanson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the 14th March 1983. Official website:  www.Hanson.net | YouTube video: HANSON – MMMBop (1997)…

1984 ~ Gerry Adams the head of Sinn Féin was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast on the 14th March 1994.

1984 ~ LiESEL MATHEWS aka LiESEL PRITZKER the American former child actress, heiress to Hyatt Hotels, and philanthropist was born Liesel Anne Pritzker in Chicago, Illinois, into the Pritzker family, one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Liesel starred as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess (1995 movie), and as Alice Marshall in Air Force One (1997). Online: official website:  BlueHaveninitiative.com  | Twitter.com/LieselPritzker | YouTube video: A Little Princess ~ Trailer…

1985 ~ Idaira the Spanish singer was born on the 14th March 1985.

1986 ~ Jamie Bell the English actor was born on the 14th March 1986.

1989 ~ Colby O’Donis the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 14th March 1989.

1991 ~ Rhiannon Fish the Canadian born Australian actress best known for her role as April Scott on Home and Away was born on the 14th March 1991. Rhiannon Fish was 2nd in the 13th series of Dancing with the Stars in 2013. Rhiannon Fish’s Twitter: www.twitter.com/RhiannonMFish

1994 ~ Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 was released on the 14th March 1994.

1995 ~ Norman Thagard the American astronaut became the 1st American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle on the 14th March 1995.

2012 ~ TheARTofLOOKiNGatLiFE.com domain name was registered by AntonK.com on the 14th March 2012.

1639 – Harvard College was named for clergyman John Harvard on the 13th March 1639.

1781 – William Herschel discovered Uranus on the 13th March 1781.

1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto was telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory on the 13th March 1930.

1939 ~ Neil Sedaka the American singer-songwriter and pianist was born in Brooklyn, New York on the 13th March 1939. YouTube video: Neil Sedaka ~ Laughter in the Rain (1974)…

1989 ~ Peaches Geldof the British journalist, television presenter and model was born Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof in London on the 13th March 1989. Peaches Geldof is the 2nd daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates. Peaches Geldof officially online: Twitter.com/Peaches_G | instagram.com/PeachesGeldof

2013 ~ Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope on the 13th March 2013, and took the name Pope Francis. He worked briefly as a chemical technician and a nightclub bouncer before entering the seminary, and getting his biggest gig as the Bishop of Rome.

2013 ~ MELBOURNE recorded an overnight temperature of 26.5°  degrees celsius (79.7° Fahrenheit ) on the 13th March 2013, making it the warmest March night since Melbourne weather records began, beating the previous high of 26.3° degrees set back in 1927. Another record was made when Melbourne experienced 7 consecutive days with a minimum temperature above 20 degrees. See news stories: The AGE: One last heat record falls as relief finally arrives & The Australian: Melbourne heatwave: another record broken. 

 

1894 – Coca-Cola was bottled and sold for the first time outside of Atlant on the 12th March 1894, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph Biedenharn.

1912 – The Girl Guides (now known as the Girl Scouts of the USA) were founded in the United States on the 12th March 1912.

1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia was officially named Canberra on the 12th March 1913. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while Canberra was under construction.)

1918 – Moscow became the capital of Russia again on the 12th March 1918, after Saint Petersburg was the capital for 215 years.

1928 – The St. Francis Dam In California failed on the 12th March 1928, with the resulting floods killing over 600 people.

1930 – Mahatma Gandhi led a 200-mile march known as the Salt March on the 12th March 1930, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.

1994 – The Church of England ordained its 1st female priests on the 12th March 1994..

2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in New York on the 12th March 2009, for scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.

2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melted, exploded and released radioactivity into the atmosphere on the 12th March 2011, a day after Japan’s earthquake.

2013 ~ Melbourne broke it’s record for the longest stretch of hot weather on Tuesday 12th March 2013, when the mercury hit 36.2°C, on the 9th day of heatwave temperatures over 30°C. See news stories: Herald Sun: Melbourne sets another weather record before cool change brings relief to the city, News.com.au: Melbourne breaks heatwave record & Weather Zone: Another record broken in Melbourne’s heatwave. 

1702 – The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper was published for the first time on the 11th March 1702.

1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States on the 11th March 1888, shutting down commerce and killing over 400 people.

1931 ~ Rupert Murdoch the Australian American business magnate was born Keith Rupert Murdoch in Melbourne on the 11th March 1931. Rupert Murdoch’s verified Twitter account: www.twitter.com/RupertMurdoch

1948 – George Kooymans the Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist from Golden Earring was born on the 11th March 1948.

1955 – Nina Hagen the German singer-songwriter and actress was born on the 11th March 1955.

1957 – Cheryl Lynn the American singer-songwriter was born on the 11th March 1957.

1971 – Johnny Knoxville the American actor and producer was born on the 11th March 1971.

1979 – Benji Madden the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Good Charlotte was born on the 11th March 1979.

1979 – Joel Madden the American singer-songwriter  from Good Charlotte was born on the 11th March 1979.

1982 – Thora Birch the American actress was born on the 11th March 1982.

1990 – Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union on the 11th March 1990.

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell mades the first successful telephone call on the 10th March 1876, by saying “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”

1889 ~ Maxwell Maltz the American cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics was born on the 10th March 1889 (died 7th April 1975 aged 86). The Psycho-Cybernetics is a classic self-help book that was written by Maxwell Maltz in 1960, and published by the non-profit Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation.

1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patented the Strowger switch on the 10th March 1891, which is a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.

1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe‘s worst ever, killed 1099 miners in Northern France on the 10th March 1906.

1940 – Chuck Norris the American actor and martial artist was born on the 10th March 1940.

1940 – Dean Torrence the American singer-songwriter from the Jan & Dean duo was born on the 10th March 1940.

1948 ~ Nancy Gillespie the Western Australian author of the original Red_Dog book was born on the 10th March 1948, in Taihape, New Zealand. Nancy moved to the Pilbara in the 1970s where she wrote the first book about Red Dog, titled Red Dog. Nancy Gillespie Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Dog-by-Nancy-Gillespie

1957 – Osama bin Laden the Saudi Arabian terrorist and founder of al-Qaeda was born on the 10th March 1957 (died 2011).

1957 ~ Hilary Devey (CBE) the English businesswoman, entrepreneur and television personality from the Dragons’ Den was born on the 10th March 1957.

1958 – Sharon Stone the American actress and producer was born on the 10th March 1958.

1966 – Edie Brickell the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 10th March 1966.

1972 – Timbaland the American rapper and producer was born on the 10th March 1972.

1977 ~ Robin Thicke the American singer-songwriter and actor was born in Los Angeles, California on the 10th March 1977. Robin Thicke is the son of actor Alan_Thicke. Robin Thicke’s official website: www.RobinThicke.com | Robin Thicke Twitter verified: www.Twitter.com/RobinThicke | Robin Thicke Facebook verified: www.facebook.com/RobinThicke

1987 ~ Emeli Sandé the English-born Scottish recording artist and songwriter was born Adele Emeli Gouraguine on the 10th March 1987.

1576 – Diego García de Palacio the Spanish explorer first sighted the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán on the 8th March 1576.

1618 – Johannes Kepler discovered the third law of planetary motion on the 8th March 1618.

1702 – Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, became Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland on the 8th March 1702.

1922 ~ Cliff Young the Australian potato farmer and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria was born Albert Ernest Clifford Young on the 8th March 1922 (died 2003). Cliff Young is best known for his unexpected win of the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1983 at the age of 61.

1945 – Micky Dolenz the American singer-songwriter, drummer and actor from The Monkees was born on the 8th March 1945.

1946 – Randy Meisner the American singer-songwriter and bass player from The Eagles was born on the 8th March 1946.

1968 ~ Ellen Forney the American teacher cartoonist was born on the 8th March 1968. Ellen Forney’s work has been published by Fantagraphics Books and The Stranger. She teaches at the Cornish College of the Arts. Ellen Forney’s 2012 graphic novel book: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir. Ellen Forney’s website: www.EllenForney.com

1972 – Angie Hart the Australian singer from Frente! was born on the 8th March 1972.

1976 – Gaz Coombes the English singer-songwriter and guitarist  from Supergrass was born on the 8th March 1976.

1976 – Freddie Prinze, Jr. the American actor was born on the 8th March 1976.

1980 – Charli Robinson the Australian actress and singer from Hi-5 was born on the 8th March 1980.

2012 ~ AntonK.com website was re-launched live on the World Wide Web on the 8th March 2012.

2014 ~ Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing during a flight across the South China Sea on the 8th March 2014.

2014 ~ Wendy Hughes the Australian actress died on the 8th March 2014 (born 29th July 1952).