March 14 in Pop Culture History |
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(*14*)44 BC – Casca and Cassius decided that Mark Antony should stay alive during the Caesar assassination the next day.
(*14*)1794 – Eli Whitney was issued a US Patent (#X0072) for his cotton gin. (*14*)1839 – Sir John Herschel referred to ‘photography’- his new word – in A lecture for the Royal Society (*14*)1899 – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was issued a US Patent (#621,195) for the invention of his “Navigable Balloon,”The Zeppelin is a rigid airship. (*14*)1900 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard. Today, it isn’t used by any other country. (*14*)1936 – The first all-sound film version of Show Boat Radio City Music Hall opened the doors. (*14*)1947 – The US signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in The Philippines (*14*)1950 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation instituted the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives”Liste (List) (*14*)1951 -UPI photographer Arthur Sasse asked Albert Einstein to smile, but instead, he stuck his tongue out, hence we have the famous photo. (*14*)1975 – The Same Time Next Year (Broadway Play). Opened on March 141977 and closed: September 3, 1978 (*14*)1987 – #1 Hit March 14, 1987 – March 20, 1987: Huey Lewis and the News – Jacob’s Ladder (*14*)1998 – #1 Hit March 14, 1998 – April 3, 1998: Will Smith – Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It (*14*)2011 – Aflac Insurance fired Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of the Aflac Spokesduck, for an offensive online tweet about the Japan earthquake. |
