March 14
Today in America's Present Past
1644 | England granted a charter to Providence Plantations (Rhode Island).
1743 | Civil Rights: First record of a “town meeting,” held at Boston’s Faneuil Hall (often called the “Cradle of Liberty”).
1789 | POTUS: While the election had been called, the first formal conclusion to an Electoral College vote was finalized.
1794 | Entrepreneur Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.
1812 | Congress: Authorized war bonds to fund the War of 1812.
1821 | Civil Rights: New York’s African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was formed.
1862 | Civil War: Battle of New Bern, North Carolina.
1864 | Railroad engineer Casey Jones was born.
1879 | Albert Einstein was born.
1891 | Civil Rights: Anti-Italian riots and mass lychings of Catholics known as the “Hennessy Affair” in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1899 | Ferdinand von Zeppelin received a U.S. patent for a navigable balloon.
1900 | Congress: Placed U.S. currency on the gold standard with the passage of the Currency Act.
1903 | Painter Adolph Gottlieb was born.
1908 | Engineer Ed Heinemann was born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1917 | Poet Macha Rosenthal was born.
1918 | POTUS: First Lady Lucretia Garield died.
1919 | Civil Rights: Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee.
1921 | Entrepreneur S. Truett Cathy was born.
1928 | Astronaut Frank Borman was born.
1932 | Entrepreneur George Eastman died.
1932 | SCOTUS: Justice Cardozo was sworn in.
1932 | Historian Frederick Jackson Turner died.
1933 | Entertainer Quincy Jones Jr. was born.
1933 | Balto the Siberian husky died.
1936 | The Federal Register began publication.
1936 | Entertainer Hoagy Carmichael wed Ruth Meinardi.
1946 | Ernest Hemingway wed Mary Welsh.
1948 | Actor Billy Crystal was born.
1950 | The FBI launches its “10 Most Wanted” program.
1951 | Entrepreneur Jerry Greenfield was born.
1958 | Recording Industry Association of America was formed.
1958 | Entrepreneur Danny Meyer was born.
1964 | Jack Ruby was sentenced to death for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
1964 | Director Kevin Smith was born.
1967 | POTUS: The body of President Kennedy was moved to a permanent memorial.
1973 | Vietnam War: POW John McCain was released after five years of captivity.
1975 | Actress Susan Hayward died.
1977 | Activist Fannie Lou Hamer died.
1991 | Author Howard Ashman died.
2019 | Politician Birch Bayh died.