March 14 birthdays & history

Famous people born on March 14

• 1879Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933Michael Caine, English actor
• 1965Aamir Khan, Indian film actor, producer, and director
• 1958Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• 1854Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1988Stephen Curry, American basketball player
• 1933Quincy Jones, American producer
• 1997Simone Biles, American gymnast
• 1979Nicolas Anelka, French footballer and manager
• 1905Raymond Aron, French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher

What happened on March 14

• 1663According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.
• 1794Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
• 1864The Petite messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini was first performed in Paris, 34 years after his retirement as a composer.
• 1885The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
• 1900The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• 1903Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1920In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
• 1942Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
• 1991Escondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
• 1995Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.

Also observed on March 14

• Constitution Day (Andorra)
• Heroes' Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
• Mother Tongue Day (Estonia)
• Nanakshahi New Year, first day of the month of Chet (Sikhism)
• Pi Day
• Summer Day (Albania)