March 14 in History

• 1794

  March 14, 1794:

  Eli Whitney, an American inventor, is granted a patent for his cotton gin invention.

• 1824

  March 14, 1824:

  Central American, Peruvian, Mexican and Colombian representatives attend the first Pan-American conference in Panama.

• 1885

  March 14, 1885:

  The two-act comic opera, “Mikado” by Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert is performed for the first time.

• 1913

  March 14, 1913:

  The South African Supreme Court rules to invalidate all Muslim and Hindu marriages.

• 1950

  March 14, 1950:

  The FBI’s “10 Most Wanted Fugitives” is released for the first time.

• 1951

  March 14, 1951:

  Seoul, South Korea is recaptured by forces of the United Nations during the Korean War.

• 1958

  March 14, 1958:

  The hit single, “Catch a Falling Star” by Perry Cuomo becomes the first recipient of the Recording Industry Association of America’s gold record certification.

• 1964

  March 14, 1964:

  Jack Ruby, the murderer of US President John F Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald is found guilty in the country’s first televised courtroom verdict.

• 2004

  March 14, 2004:

  Russian President Vladimir Putin is reelected into office for a second term.

• 2017

  March 14, 2017:

  Muirfield, a Scottish golf club votes to allow membership of women for the first time in its 273-year history.