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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008

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  • Published Mar 13, 2008 5:36 pm KST
  • Updated Mar 13, 2008 5:36 pm KST

Today is Friday, March 14, the 74th day of 2008. There are 292 days left in the year.

1558 _ Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor

1689 _ Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen

1939 _ Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia

1951 _ During Korean War, U.S.-U.N. forces recapture Seoul

1953 _ Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party

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