TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Saturday, 14 March 2026
2005
Cedar Revolution, where hundreds of thousands of Lebanese went into the streets of Beirut to demonstrate against the Syrian military presence in Lebanon and against the government.
1998
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.
1995
Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.
1994
Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
1984
Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.
1980
In Poland, a plane crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
1979
In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.
1978
The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani.
1972
Italian publisher and former partisan Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed by an explosion near Segrate.
1967
The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
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