1869- Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1915- Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi first met on March 6, 1915 at Santiniketan in West Bengal. The meeting was arranged by a British social reformer named C F Andrews.
1957- Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
2018- Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1508- Humayun, the second Mughal ruler of India, who was more an adventurer than a consolidator of his empire.
1812- Ishwar Chandra Gupta was a famous Indian Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in Kanchrapara in Bengal.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1962- Ambika Chakrabarty was an Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary.
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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