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Day in History: March 14th Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia and Much More
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From the patent for the cotton gin to the formation of FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list, March 14 is more than just the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
| | 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. |
| | 1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. |
| | 1978 - The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon in Operation Litani |
| | 1989 - President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of certain guns into the United States. |
| | 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard. |
| | 1995 - Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the 1st American astronaut to ride to space on a Russian launch vehicle. |
| | 2004 - Vladimir Putin is re-elected president of Russia |
| | 1943 - World War II - The Kraków Ghetto is 'liquidated'. |
| | 1950 - FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives was formed. |
| | 1964 - A jury in Dallas, Texas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| | 1967 - The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. |
| | 2004 - Pope John Paul II becomes the second-longest serving pope in history. |
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