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Daily Calendar for Saturday, March 14, 2026

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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Born

  • Johann Strauss, the Elder (composer) –
  • Lucy Hobbs Taylor (first U.S. woman dentist) –
  • John Luther "Casey" Jones (railroad engineer) –
  • Albert Einstein (physicist) –
  • Lester Brown (bandleader) –
  • Max Shulman (novelist) –
  • Hank Ketcham (cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace) –
  • Frank Borman (astronaut) –
  • Michael Caine (actor) –
  • Quincy Jones ( musician and producer) –
  • Billy Crystal (actor) –
  • Kirby Puckett (baseball player) –
  • Steph Curry (basketball player) –
  • Simone Biles (Olympic gymnast) –

Died

  • Emile Erckmann (novelist) –
  • Henry Woods (federal judge) –
  • Thomas Winship (editor of the Boston Globe from 1965-1984, Pulitzer Prize winner) –
  • Peter Graves (actor) –
  • Stephen Hawking (physicist) –

Events

  • Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin –
  • U.S. Congress adopted the gold standard –
  • Pelican Island (Fla.) became first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States –
  • Women granted the right to vote in Saskatchewan –
  • Germany began retreat to Hindenburg Line (WWI) –
  • First U.S. concrete seagoing ship, S.S. Faith, launched, Redwood City, California –
  • U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax report –
  • Shirley Temple left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood –
  • The U.S. Army Air Corp began bombing Osaka, Japan (WWII) –
  • Possible UFO sighted in Healdsburg, California –
  • Gordie Howe second player in NHL history to score 500 career goals –
  • Jack Ruby was found guilty in Dallas of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy –
  • Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, aired its last episode –
  • OPEC agreed to lower the benchmark price for crude oil by 15%. It marked the first price cut since the group’s formation in 1960 –
  • Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge founded in Manteo, North Carolina –
  • Marc Garneau chosen as first Canadian astronaut to go into space –
  • Lebanese hijacker, Fawaz Younis, brought to U.S. to stand trial, found guilty of air piracy in 1985 hijacking –
  • The Soviet Congress elected Mikhail Gorbachev to the country’s presidency, one day after clearing the post –
  • Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits, Jac Holzman, Art Rupe, and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame –

Weather

  • Red snow and hail fell in parts of Italy and present-day Slovenia –
  • A tornado swept through Nashville, Tennessee –
  • At the end of a four-day storm, a record for the state of Iowa was set in Iowa City, 27.2 inches of snowfall –
  • A storm lasting several days dropped 27.2 inches of snow on Iowa City, Iowa. –