WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012

Today is Wednesday, March 14, the 74th day of 2012. There are 292 days left in the year.

1900 ― U.S. currency goes on gold standard

1901 ― First performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A

1939 ― Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia

1951 ― During Korean War, U.S./U.N. forces recapture Seoul

1965 ― Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany

1967 ― JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial

1971 ― The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes

1983 ― OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years

1992 ― Soviet newspaper ``Pravda" suspends publication

1995 ― First time 13 people in space