MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2022

1558-Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor

1951-During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul

1953-Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party

1962-Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France

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

1980-Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)

1983-OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years

1990-4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson

1990-Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress

1992-Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication

1993-Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship

1995-1st time 13 people in space

1997-Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80

1997-Olympics gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award