On March 14, 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.
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On This Date
| 1743 | The first recorded town meeting in America was held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston. |
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| 1794 | Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin. |
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| 1883 | Political philosopher Karl Marx died at age 64. |
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| 1900 | Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act. |
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| 1939 | The Republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation. |
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| 1951 | United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the Korean War. |
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| 1964 | A jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. |
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| 1967 | President John F. Kennedy's body was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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| 2004 | Opposition Socialists scored a dramatic upset win in Spain's general election, unseating conservatives stung by charges they'd provoked the Madrid terror bombings by supporting the U.S.-led war in Iraq. |
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| 2004 | Russian President Vladimir Putin captured more than 70 percent of the vote to win a second term in an election that European observers said fell short of democratic standards. |
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| 2005 | A judge in San Francisco ruled that California's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. |
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| 2005 | About one million people rallied in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding Syrian withdrawal and the arrest of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's killers. |
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| 2008 | Protests led by Buddhist monks in Tibet turned violent, leading to an extensive crackdown by China's military. |
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Current Birthdays
Actor Michael Caine turns 78 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., turns 63 years old today.
AP Photo/Ron Edmonds
| 1928 | Frank Borman, Astronaut, turns 83 |
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| 1933 | Quincy Jones, Record producer, turns 78 |
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| 1939 | Raymond J. Barry, Actor, turns 72 |
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| 1941 | Wolfgang Petersen, Director, turns 70 |
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| 1948 | Billy Crystal, Actor, comedian, turns 63 |
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| 1958 | Prince Albert, Member of Monaco's royal family, turns 53 |
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| 1959 | Tamara Tunie, Actress ("Law & Order: SVU"), turns 52 |
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| 1965 | Kevin Williamson, Producer ("Dawson's Creek"), turns 46 |
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| 1965 | Kevin Brown, Baseball player, turns 46 |
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| 1979 | Chris Klein, Actor ("American Pie" movies), turns 32 |
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| 1983 | Taylor Hanson, Rock singer, musician (Hanson), turns 28 |
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Historic Birthdays
Albert Einstein3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955German-American Nobel Prize-winning physicistGo to obituary »
| 86 | Georg Philipp Telemann 3/14/1681 - 6/25/1767
German composer of the late Baroque period |
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| 45 | Johann Strauss, the Elder 3/14/1804 - 9/24/1849
Austrian composer of Viennese waltzes |
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| 57 | Victor Emmanuel II 3/14/1820 - 1/9/1878
Italian king of Sardinia-Piedmont andfirst king of united Italy |
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| 75 | Giovanni Schiaparelli 3/14/1835 - 7/4/1910
Italian astronomer and senator |
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| 61 | Paul Ehrlich 3/14/1854 - 8/20/1915
German Nobel Prize-winning medical scientist |
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| 37 | Casey Jones 3/14/1863- 4/30/1900
American railroad engineer |
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| 82 | Algernon Blackwood 3/14/1869 - 12/10/1951
British mystery writer |
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| 75 | Sylvia Beach 3/14/1887 - 10/5/1962
American owner of Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris |
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| 70 | Adolph Gottlieb 3/14/1903 - 3/4/1974
American Abstract Expressionist painter |
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| 78 | Raymond Aron 3/14/1905 - 10/17/1983
French sociologist, historian and political commentator |
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| 48 | Diane Arbus 3/14/1923 - 7/26/1971
American photographer |
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