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Friday, March 14, 2008

March 14

On This Day In History

2004: Reelection of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin, the intelligence officer and politician who became president of Russia in 1999 upon the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term as president this day in 2004.

Vladimir Putin, 2005

Biography Of The Day

Albert Einstein

German American physicist Albert Einstein, born this day in 1879, had one of the most creative intellects in human history, developed groundbreaking theories of relativity, and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

Albert Einstein

More Events On This Day In History

1969

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine became the rock band's 14th gold album.

1964

1964

In the first courtroom verdict to be televised in the United States, Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

1951

1951

United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the Korean War.

1883

Historian and revolutionary Karl Marx died in London.

1864

1864

Celebrated American railroad engineer Casey Jones was born in southeastern Missouri.

1826

1826

The first Pan-American conference convened in Panama with representatives from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Central America in attendance.

1794

American inventor Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

1681

1681

German composer Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg, Brandenburg.

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