1857- Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1871- Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1968- The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, started in Moscow, with thousands of people in attendance.
1974- NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
2004- The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on July 1, 2003.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1913- Bhavani Prasad was a Hindi poet and author. He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972 for his book Buni Hui Rassi.
1929- Utpal Dutt was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He received National Film Award for Best Actor in 1970.
1982- Anupam Roy is an Indian Bengali singer-songwriter, music director, composer, writer, guitarist, playback singer, engineer from Kolkata.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1971- Dhirendranath Datta was a Bengali lawyer by profession who was also active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India, and later in East Pakistan (1947–1971).
2020- Shyam Sundar Kalani was an actor, popular for the role of Sugriva in Doordarshan’s famous serial ‘Ramayana’.
Good morning all. Significance of *14th March*: *Events* that took place on this day: *Pi Day* is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant *π (pi).* Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π. It was *founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw,* an employee of the Exploratorium. 1780- American Revolutionary War: *Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte* in Mobile, Alabama. 1794 - *Eli Whitney* is granted a patent for the *cotton gin* (a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds). 1864- *Sir Samuel White Baker* was an English Explorer, author, and administrator who *explored the Upper Nile and discovered Lake Albert.* 1900- *The Gold Standard Act* is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1931- *Alam Ara* was released. It was the first Indian sound film and was directed by Ardeshir Irani. 1939- *Slovakia* declares independe...
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