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14 maart is de 73ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 292 dagen tot het einde van het jaar.
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Het getal π, soms geschreven als pi, is een wiskundige constante, met in decimale notatie de getalswaarde 3,141 592 653.…
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2021
The Burmese military and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the Hlaingthaya massacre in Yangon, including those protesting a recent coup d'état.
1988
China defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
1984
Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by Ulster Freedom Fighters in central Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1973
Vietnam War: After having been captured by North Vietnamese forces five and a half years earlier, U.S. Navy pilot John McCain was released with 108 other prisoners of war.
1972
Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion.
1945
The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in Bielefeld, Germany.
1931
Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, premiered at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay.
1885
The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1864
The Petite messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini (pictured) was first performed in Paris, 34 years after his retirement as a composer.
1757
Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was executed by firing squad for failing to "do his utmost" during the Battle of Minorca at the start of the Seven Years' War.