March 14 ⇒Detail
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1879 - (birth) Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
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1951 - ★For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul (Korean War).
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1964 - A jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
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1970 - Expo '70, a World's Fair, is held in Osaka, Japan.
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1970 - Tsuruga Power Station Unit 1, Japan's first nuclear power plant, begins operations.
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1985 - Brazilian President Tancredo Neves becomes severely ill on the eve of the inauguration.
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2004 - Vladimir Putin is re-elected to the presidency for a second term.
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2005 - ▲The People's Republic of China ratifies an anti-secession law.
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2005 - ▲800,000 people gather for an opposition rally in Beirut.
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2005 - ▲A Japanese tugboat is attacked by pirates in the Malacca Strait.
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2008 - Demonstrations by Tibetan separatists turn violent.
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2011 - ◆Fukushima I nuclear accidents. The No 3 reactor building at the plant explodes.
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2011 - ◆It is announced that The Tokyo Sky Tree was undamaged in the earthquake.
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2011 - ◆Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara says he will seek a fourth term in April's election.
March 14 ⇒Detail
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April 21, 1701 - Forty-seven Ronin: At Edo Castle, Asano attacks and injures Kira.
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April 6, 1830 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is organized.
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April 9, 1865 - ▲American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders, effectively ending the war.
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April 19, 1951 - ★General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
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April 19, 1951 - ★Shigeki Tanaka, who survived the atomic blast, wins the Boston Marathon.
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April 14, 1984 - (birth) Harumafuji Kohei, a Mongolian sumo wrestler.
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April 11, 2006 - Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
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