What are the important events that happened on March 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 14 is the 73^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 292 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 1, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,031,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontatrigon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 340 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,466 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 14 Historical Events

• 44 BC –
  Casca, Cicero and Cassius decided, in the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive.
• 1590 –
  Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
• 1647 –
  Thirty Years’ War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.
• 1885 –
  The Mikado a light opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London.
• 1915 –
  World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.
• 1939 –
  Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• 1972 –
  Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed near Kalba in the United Arab Emirates. All 112 passengers and crew were killed.
• 1979 –
  In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.
• 2006 –
  Members of the Chadian military fail in a coup d'état attempt.
• 2008 –
  A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.

Who were born on March 14?

• 1822 –
  Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
• 1915 –
  Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005)
• 1934 –
  Paul Rader, the 15th General of The Salvation Army
• 1944 –
  Vaclav Nedomansky, Czech hockey player
• 1961 –
  Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress
• 1968 –
  Megan Follows, Canadian actress
• 1974 –
  Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 –
  Stephen Harper, British/English footballer
• 1978 –
  Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
• 1988 –
  Stephen Curry, American basketball player

Who died on March 14?

• 1823 –
  John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Royal Navy, Admiral of the Fleet
• 1932 –
  George Eastman, American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1933 –
  Balto, Siberian Husky noted for his role in the 1925 serum run to Nome (b. 1919)
• 1949 –
  John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1973 –
  Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
• 1975 –
  Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1977 –
  Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
• 1991 –
  Doc Pomus, American composer (b. 1925)
• 2006 –
  Lennart Meri, former President of Estonia (b. 1929)
• 2009 –
  Altovise Davis, American entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr.'s widow (b. 1943)