What Happened In March 1914 In History

Historical Events for March, 1914

• 1st » The Republic of China (1912–49) called Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 7th » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
• 8th » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
• 25th » Aris Thessaloniki named Aris is founded in Thessaloniki.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1914

• 1st » Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
• 1st » Ralph Ellison, American author and critic (d. 1994)
• 2nd » Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (d. 2002)
• 2nd » Martin Ritt, American actor, director, and playwright (d. 1990)
• 3rd » Asger Jorn, Danish painter (d. 1973)
• 4th » Gino Colaussi, Italian footballer (d. 1991)
• 4th » Barbara Newhall Follett, American author (d. 1939)
• 4th » Ward Kimball, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 4th » Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect (d. 2000)
• 5th » Philip Farkas, American horn player (d. 1992)
• 5th » Ursula Reit, German actress (d. 1998)
• 6th » Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (d. 1981)
• 7th » John Rodney, American actor (d. 1996)
• 7th » Lee Young, American drummer and singer (d. 2008)
• 10th » K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (d. 2010)
• 12th » Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (d. 1958)
• 13th » W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1998)
• 14th » Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) (d. 1981)
• 14th » Bill Owen (actor) named Bill Owen, English actor and songwriter (d. 1999)
• 14th » Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
• 15th » Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (d. 1985)
• 15th » Joe E. Ross, American actor (d. 1982)
• 17th » Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (d. 2008)
• 19th » Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
• 19th » Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002)
• 19th » Fred Clark, American actor (d. 1968)
• 20th » Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (d. 1968)
• 21st » Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (d. 1990)
• 22nd » John Stanley (cartoonist) named John Stanley, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
• 22nd » Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author (d. 1984)
• 25th » Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 26th » Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1995)
• 26th » William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
• 27th » Richard Denning, American actor (d. 1998)
• 27th » Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
• 27th » Kris Sivara, Thai general and politician, List of Defence Ministers of Thailand known as Defence Minister of Thailand (d. 1976)
• 28th » Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
• 28th » Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)
• 28th » Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)
• 28th » Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
• 28th » Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)
• 29th » Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
• 29th » Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
• 30th » Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1948)
• 31st » Octavio Paz, Mexican author, poet, and diplomat, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for March 1914

• 1st » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English-Canadian politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 12th » George Westinghouse, American engineer (b. 1846)
• 13th » Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, Pakistani physician and scholar (b. 1841)
• 16th » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 16th » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 16th » John Murray (oceanographer) or John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 19th » Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
• 23rd » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 25th » Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)

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