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Historical Events on March 14

  • Cyprus

    1489

    The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.

  • American Revolutionary War

    1780

    American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana.

  • World War II

    1943

    World War II: The Kraków Ghetto is "liquidated".

  • R.A.F.

    1945

    World War II: The R.A.F.'s first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany.

  • Korean War

    1951

    Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

  • Dallas

    1964

    A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.

  • John F. Kennedy

    1967

    The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

  • Israel Defense Forces

    1978

    The Israel Defense Forces invade and occupies southern Lebanon in Operation Litani.

  • Timeline of Linux development

    1994

    Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.

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