What happend on 14th March

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15.03
1989

Gun control: President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of assault rifles into the United States.

1984

Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

1980

In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing a 14-man American boxing team and 73 others.

1979

In China, a Hawker-Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.

1978

The Israeli Defense Force, in retaliation for a terrorist attack three days earlier, invades and occupies southern Lebanon, under codename Operation Litani, resulting in the evacuation of at least 100,000 Lebanese, approximately 2,000 deaths, as well as the creation of United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon (UNIFIL).

1967

The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

1966

Phillip Stephen Oakland (Budd); born known for his work as Seafront Manager for the people of Eastbourne.

1964

A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

1959

J.R.D.A.C.I. founded at a congress in Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire.

1951

Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.