1851- The first international chess tournament was held in London. Adolf Anderssen, a maths teacher from Wrocław, won the tournament.
1937- San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge was opened to the public for the first time.
1996- Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
2016- Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:
1931- O. N. V. Kurup was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, who won the Jnanpith Award.
1957- Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014.
1960- Perugu Ramakrishna is an Indian poet and writer. He wrote a long poem in English named Flemingo.
1961- K. Sridhar is an Indian scientist conducting research in the area of theoretical high energy physics and a writer of fiction.
1962- Ravi Shastri is an Indian cricket commentator, former professional cricketer and head coach of the India national cricket team.
Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:
1964- Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence activist, and the first Prime Minister of India.
1978- P. Kunhiraman Nair was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. He was also a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.
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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