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| March 14th, 2005 | Event | Cedar Revolution, where over one and a million Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and against the government, following the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. |
| March 14th, 1998 | Event | An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran. |
| March 14th, 1997 | Event | The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality. |
| March 14th, 1995 | Event | Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle. |
| March 14th, 1994 | Event | Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released. |
| March 14th, 1984 | Event | Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Fein, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast. |
| March 14th, 1980 | Event | In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team. |
| March 14th, 1979 | Event | In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200. |
| March 14th, 1978 | Event | The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani. |
| March 14th, 1967 | Event | The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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