March 14<\/p>\n
1743
\nThe first town meeting was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at Faneuil Hall.<\/p>\n
1794
\nThe cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney.<\/p>\n
1939
\nThe Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, soon to be occupied by the Nazis.<\/p>\n
1950
\nThe FBI\u2019s \u201cTen Most Wanted Fugitives\u201d list made its debut.<\/p>\n
1958
\nPerry Como’s single “Catch a Falling Star” became the first RIAA gold record.<\/p>\n
1964
\nJack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n
1990
\nThe Soviet Congress voted Mikhail Gorbachev into the newly-created and powerful position of president.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Georg Telemann
\ncomposer (1681)<\/p>\n
Giovanni Schiaparelli
\nastronomer (1835)<\/p>\n
Paul Ehrlich
\nbacteriologist (1854)<\/p>\n
Casey Jones
\nrailroad engineer (1864)<\/p>\n
Albert Einstein
\ntheoretical physicist (1879)<\/p>\n
Diane Arbus
\nphotographer (1923)<\/p>\n
Quincy Jones
\ncomposer (1933)<\/p>\n
Michael Caine
\nactor (1933)<\/p>\n
Billy Crystal
\nactor, comedian, writer (1947)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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