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1590French Wars of Religion: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeated the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne at the Battle of Ivry in Ivry, France. refimprove section
1674Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Royal Navy captured the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam in Ronas Voe, Shetland. Only source citing date of 14 March is primary, article notes most secondary sources provide February, seems to be OR
1794 – American inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, the first machine to quickly and easily separate cotton fibers from their seedpods. refimprove section
1915First World War: British forces cornered and sank the SMS Dresden, the last remnant of the German East Asia Squadron, near the Chilean island of Más a Tierra. refimprove
1978Israeli–Lebanese conflict: The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Litani, invading and occupying southern Lebanon, and pushing PLO troops north up to the Litani River. refimprove section
1980LOT Flight 7 crashed during final approach to Warsaw's Okęcie International Airport, killing 87 people, including Polish singer Anna Jantar and a contingent of the amateur U.S. boxing team. multiple issues
1991 – The "Birmingham Six", wrongly convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, were released after sixteen years in prison. refimprove section
1994 – Version 1.0.0 of the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel, was released, becoming one of the most prominent examples of open-source software. update section
1995 – Aboard the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft, Norman Thagard became the first American to ride to space on a Russian vehicle. refimprove, primary sources
2008 – A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet. multiple issues

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Notes

March 14: New Year's Day (Sikhism); White Day in parts of East Asia; Pi Day

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