March 14

1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

1900 – The Gold Standard Act is signed into law by President McKinley, placing U.S. currency on the gold standard.

1903 – Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.

1942 – Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with  the antibiotic penicillin

1951 – During the Korean War, United Nations troops recapture Seoul from the Chinese and North Korean forces for the second time.

1961 – After a decompression accident requires decent to a lower altitude, increasing fuel consumption causing the plane to run out of fuel and forcing the crew to eject, ( all safely ) a USAF B-52 bomber, carrying nuclear weapons, crashes near near Yuba City, California.

1964 – Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

1967 – The body of President Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

1995 – Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.

2019 – Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods that kill over 1000 people.