Editing Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 14

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File:Cotton gin EWM 2007.jpg|A cotton gin
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File:The Mikado.jpg|Poster for ''The Mikado''
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File:Gentile Bellini 002.jpg|Catherine Cornaro
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| [[1590]] – [[French Wars of Religion]]: [[Henry IV of France|Henry of Navarre]] and the [[Huguenot]]s defeated the forces of the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]] under the [[Charles, Duke of Mayenne|Duc de Mayenne]] at the '''[[Battle of Ivry]]''' in [[Ivry-la-Bataille|Ivry]], France. 
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|[[1674]] – [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]]: The [[Royal Navy]] '''[[Battle of Ronas Voe|captured]]''' the [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ''[[Wapen van Rotterdam]]'' in [[Ronas Voe]], [[Shetland]].
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| [[1794]] – American inventor [[Eli Whitney]] patented the '''[[cotton gin]]''', the first machine to quickly and easily separate [[cotton]] fibers from their seedpods.
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| [[1915]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: British forces '''[[Battle of Más a Tierra|cornered and sank]]''' the [[SMS Dresden (1907)|SMS ''Dresden'']], the last remnant of the [[German East Asia Squadron]], near the Chilean island of [[Robinson Crusoe Island|Más a Tierra]].
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| [[1978]] – [[Israeli–Lebanese conflict]]: The [[Israel Defense Forces]] began '''[[1978 South Lebanon conflict|Operation ''Litani'']]''', invading and occupying southern Lebanon, and pushing [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] troops north up to the [[Litani River]].
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|[[1980]] – '''[[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 7|LOT {{nowrap|Flight 7}}]]''' crashed during final approach to [[Warsaw]]'s [[Okęcie International Airport]], killing 87 people, including Polish singer [[Anna Jantar]] and a contingent of the amateur U.S. [[boxing]] team.
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| [[1991]] – The "'''[[Birmingham Six]]'''", wrongly convicted of the 1974 [[Birmingham pub bombings]] in England, were released after sixteen years in prison.
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| [[1994]] – Version 1.0.0 of the '''[[Linux kernel]]''', an [[kernel (computing)|operating system kernel]], was released, becoming one of the most prominent examples of [[open-source software]].
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| [[1995]] – Aboard the [[Soyuz TM-21]] spacecraft, '''[[Norman Thagard]]''' became the first American to ride to space on a Russian vehicle.
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| [[2008]] –  A series of '''[[2008 Tibetan unrest|riots, protests, and demonstrations]]''' erupted in [[Lhasa]] and elsewhere in [[Tibet]].
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==Eligible==

* [[1489]] – '''[[Catherine Cornaro]]''' ''(pictured)'', Queen of Cyprus, was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the island to the [[Republic of Venice]].
* [[1593]] – [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasions of Korea]]: A force of 3,000 Korean soldiers '''[[Battle of Haengju|successfully defended]]''' Haengju Fortress against 30,000 Japanese invaders.
* [[1757]] – [[Royal Navy]] Admiral '''[[John Byng]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> was [[Execution by firing squad|executed by firing squad]]<!-- for breaching the [[Articles of War (Royal Navy)|Articles of War]]--> for failing to "do his utmost" during the [[Battle of Minorca (1756)|Battle of Minorca]] at the start of the [[Seven Years' War]].
* [[1885]] – '''''[[The Mikado]]'''''<!-- ''(poster pictured)''-->, [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s most frequently performed [[Savoy opera]], debuted at the [[Savoy Theatre]] in London.
* [[1945]] – The [[Royal Air Force]] first used the '''[[Grand Slam (bomb)|Grand Slam]]''', a {{Convert|22,000|lb|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[earthquake bomb]], on a strategic railway viaduct in [[Bielefeld]], Germany.
* [[1972]] – Italian publisher '''[[Giangiacomo Feltrinelli]]''', known for his translation of [[Boris Pasternak]]'s novel ''[[Doctor Zhivago (novel)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion.
* [[1973]] – [[Vietnam War]]: After having been captured by [[North Vietnam]]ese forces five and a half years earlier, [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] pilot '''[[John McCain]]''' was released with 108 other prisoners of war.
* [[1984]] – '''[[Gerry Adams]]''', leader of [[Sinn Féin]], was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by [[Ulster Defence Association|Ulster Freedom Fighters]] in central [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland.

* Born/died this day: | '''[[Matilda of Ringelheim]]'''<!--German queen/saint--> |d|968| '''[[John Sigismund Zápolya]]'''<!--Hungarian king--> |d|1571| '''[[George Wade]]'''<!--English army officer--> |d|1748|'''[[Charles Ammi Cutter]]'''<!--American librarian--> |b|1837| '''[[Ferdinand Hodler]]'''<!--Swiss painter--> |b|1853| '''[[Thomas R. Marshall]]'''<!--American vice president--> |b|1854| '''[[Karl Marx]]'''<!--German philosopher--> |d|1883|'''[[Phil Vincent]]'''<!--English motorcycle designer--> |b|1908| '''[[S. Truett Cathy|S.&nbsp;Truett Cathy]]'''<!--American businessman--> |b|1921| '''[[Diane Arbus]]'''<!--American photographer--> |b|1923| '''[[Frank Borman]]'''<!--American astronaut--> |b|1928| '''[[Lies Noor]]'''<!--Indonesian actress--> |d|1961| '''[[Fannie Lou Hamer]]'''<!--American civil rights leader--> |d|1977| '''[[Anas Sarwar]]'''<!--Scottish politician--> |b|1983| '''[[Jessica Gallagher]]'''<!--Australian skier--> |b|1986| | '''[[Stephen Curry]]'''<!-- American basketball player -->|b|1988| '''[[Tony Benn]]'''<!--English politician--> |d|2014| '''[[Marielle Franco]]'''<!--Brazilian politician-->|d|2018| 


==Notes==
* [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] (1982) appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 27|February 27]], so the Mikado should not appear in the same year
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'''[[March 14]]''': '''[[Nanakshahi calendar|Sikh New Year's Day]]'''; '''[[White Day]]''' in parts of East Asia; '''[[Purim]]''' (Judaism, 2025); '''[[Pi Day]]'''
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* [[1309]] – On [[Eid al-Fitr]], the citizens of [[Granada]] stormed palaces in the city, deposing Sultan '''[[Muhammad III of Granada|Muhammad&nbsp;III]]''' and placing his half-brother '''[[Nasr of Granada|Nasr]]''' on the throne.
* [[1864]] – The '''''[[Petite messe solennelle]]''''' by [[Gioachino Rossini]] ''(pictured)'' was first performed in Paris, 34 years after his retirement as a composer.
* [[1931]] – '''''[[Alam Ara]]''''', the first Indian [[sound film]], premiered at the Majestic Cinema in [[Mumbai|Bombay]].
* [[1988]] – China defeated Vietnam in '''[[Johnson South Reef skirmish|a naval altercation]]''' while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the [[Spratly Islands]].
* [[2021]] – The [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]] and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the '''[[Hlaingthaya massacre]]''' in [[Yangon]], including those protesting [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état|a recent coup d'état]].
{{Born and died list|'''[[Albert Einstein]]'''<!--German scientist--> |b|1879| '''[[Zita of Bourbon-Parma]]'''<!--Austria-Hungarian queen-->|d|1989| '''[[Piri]]'''<!--English musician-->|b|1999| '''[[Ieng Sary]]'''<!--Cambodian politician--> |d|2013|}}
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