A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
March 14: Day of the Week
March 14, 2024 was the 74th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 292 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 14 Historical Event(s)
313
Emperor Jin Huidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao).
1489
The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
1794
Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1915
World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.
1942
Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
1967
The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
1972
Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed near Kalba in the United Arab Emirates. All 112 passengers and crew were killed.
2006
Members of the Chadian military fail in a coup d'état attempt.
2007
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.
2008
A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
Who were born on March 14?
1853
Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
1908
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher (d. 1961)
1914
Bill Owen, British actor (d. 1999)
1922
Les Baxter, American musician and composer (d. 1996)
1928
Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish populariser environmentalist (d. 1980)
1934
Eugene Cernan, American astronaut
1958
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
1977
Naoki Matsuda, Japanese Soccer player (d. 2011)
1980
Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1986
Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
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