Today is Friday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2014. There are 292 days left in the year.
1558 ― Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor
1900 ― U.S. currency goes on gold standard
1931 ― First theater built for rear movie projection (New York City)
1951 ― During Korean War, U.S./U.N. forces recapture Seoul
1953 ― Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary of Communist Party
1967 ― JFK’s body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
1976 ― Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1983 ― OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years
1990 ― Mikhail S. Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
1995 ― First time 13 people in space