March 14th, 1942

Born on March 14th, 1942

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What happened on March 14th, 1942?

March 14th, 1942

Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin

What else happened on March 14th?

March 14th, 1972

Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion.

March 14th, 1969

Edward M. Burke, the longest-serving alderman in the history of the Chicago City Council, was sworn into office.

March 14th, 1945

The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in Bielefeld, Germany.

March 14th, 1864

The Petite messe solennelle was first performed in Paris, 34 years after Gioachino Rossini (pictured) retired as a composer.

March 14th, 1931

Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, premiered at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay.

March 14th, 1885

The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.

March 14th, 1757

Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was executed by firing squad for failing to "do his utmost" during the Battle of Minorca at the start of the Seven Years' War.

March 14th, 1593

Japanese invasions of Korea: A force of 3,000 Korean soldiers successfully defended Haengju Fortress against 30,000 Japanese invaders.

March 14th, 1489

Catherine Cornaro (pictured), Queen of Cyprus, was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the island to the Republic of Venice.

March 14th, 1309

On Eid al-Fitr, the citizens of Granada stormed palaces in the city, deposing Sultan Muhammad III and placing his half-brother Nasr on the throne.

March 14th, 2021

The Burmese military and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the Hlaingthaya massacre in Yangon, including those protesting a recent coup d'état.

March 14th, 1988

China defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.

March 14th, 1984

Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by Ulster Freedom Fighters in central Belfast, Northern Ireland.

March 14th, 1973

Vietnam War: After having been captured by North Vietnamese forces five and a half years earlier, U.S. Navy pilot John McCain was released with 108 other prisoners of war.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 14th

Born on March 14th, 1942

82

Roberto Ojeda González

Cuban rower

*March 14th, 1942, Cárdenas

82

Rita Tushingham

English actress

*March 14th, 1942, Garston

82

Edward Tufte

American statistician (b.1942) noted for his writings on information design

*March 14th, 1942, Kansas City

82

Martha Fuller Clark

American politician

*March 14th, 1942, York

82

Nabilah Lubis

Indonesian writer

*March 14th, 1942, Cairo

82

Grzegorz Rozenberg

Polish mathematician and computer scientist

*March 14th, 1942, Warsaw

82

Buster Glosson

United States Air Force general

*March 14th, 1942, Greensboro

80

Jerzy Trela

Polish actor

*March 14th, 1942, Leńcze †May 15th, 2022, Kraków

82

Serge Lutens

French photographer and fashion designer

*March 14th, 1942, Lille

82

Klaus Schamberger

German author

*March 14th, 1942, Nuremberg

82

Rich Melman

American restaurateur

*March 14th, 1942, United States of America

82

Barbara Bailey

Jamaican author, educator and gender studies scholar

*March 14th, 1942, Kingston

82

Mike Pope

American football coach

*March 14th, 1942, Monroe

82

Martin Maslin

English cricketer (born 1942)

*March 14th, 1942, Grimsby

82

R. Tom Gilleon

American painter

*March 14th, 1942, Gainesville

82

Emin Çölaşan

Turkish journalist

*March 14th, 1942, Ankara

82

Arild Mathisen

Footballer

*March 14th, 1942, Drammen Municipality

82

William Tornabene

American football coach

*March 14th, 1942, Pittsburgh

82

Peter Galton

English-born American paleontologist (1942- )

*March 14th, 1942, United Kingdom

73

Jung Byung-tak

South Korean footballer (1942-2016)

*March 14th, 1942, South Korea †February 11th, 2016, South Korea

74

Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro

Uruguayan politician (1942-2016)

*March 14th, 1942, Montevideo †August 5th, 2016, Montevideo

77

Bob Raudman

Baseball player

*March 14th, 1942, Erie †November 30th, 2019

81

Abdourahmane Sow

Senegalese politician

*March 14th, 1942, Cambérène †July 15th, 2023

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Who's birthday is on March 14th?

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

81

Wolfgang Petersen

German film director (1941–2022)

*March 14th, 1941, Emden †August 12th, 2022, Brentwood

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

39

Koen Ridder

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1985, Haarlem

91

Michael Caine

English actor (born 1933)

*March 14th, 1933, Rotherhithe

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

41

Vitaa

French singer-songwriter

*March 14th, 1983, Mulhouse

25

Sheldon Riley

Australian singer (1999-)

*March 14th, 1999, Sydney

95

Frank Borman

American astronaut

*March 14th, 1928, Gary †November 7th, 2023, Billings

59

Aamir Khan

Indian actor

*March 14th, 1965, Mumbai

85

Raymond J. Barry

American film, television and stage actor

*March 14th, 1939, Hempstead

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

61

Ruth Strauss

British squash player

*March 14th, 1963, Southend-on-Sea

61

Paul Ehrlich

German physician and scientist

*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

79

Jasper Carrott

British comedian

*March 14th, 1945, Acocks Green

73

Otto Hünnerkopf

German politician

*March 14th, 1951, Wiesentheid

91

Quincy Jones

American record producer and composer

*March 14th, 1933, Chicago

52

Helga Vala Helgadóttir

Icelandic politician

*March 14th, 1972, Reykjavík

76

Billy Crystal

American actor and comedian

*March 14th, 1948, New York City

36

Rico Freimuth

German decathlete

*March 14th, 1988, Potsdam

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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