What happend on 14th March

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1939

German troops fully occupy the Czechoslovak provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.

1923

Pete Parker does the first-ever complete radio broadcast of a hockey game in the world, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

1915

World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the disastrous Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew.

1903

The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Columbian Senate would later reject the treaty.

1903

Theodore Roosevelt issues an executive order making Pelican Island, in Florida, a “preserve and breeding ground for native birds,” marking the birth of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

1900

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.

1869

Defeat of Titokowaru.

1800

Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected Pope Pius VII

1794

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

1757

On-board the HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.