What happend on 14th March

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15.03
2005

Mass Protest against Syrian influence in Lebanon takes place in Beirut.

2005

The online statistics service SOTKAnet is opened for the public in Finland.

2004

Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia, while the PSOE wins elections in Spain just days after terrorist attacks in Madrid.

2004

Pope John Paul II becomes the second-longest serving pope in history.

1998

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

1997

The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality

1996

American President Bill Clinton commits $100 million to an anti-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.

1995

Manned space mission: 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.

1991

After 16 years in prison for allegedly bombing a pub in an Irish Republican Army attack, the "Birmingham Six" are freed when a court determines that the police fabricated evidence.