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March 14 in history — On This Day

1794

Eli Whitney receives a cotton gin patent

On March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney received a cotton gin patent.

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1952

Ivy Mike Detonates and Opens the Thermonuclear Age

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1988

An Ovechkin family group hijacks Aeroflot Flight 3739

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1997

A total eclipse shares the sky with Hale–Bopp

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1997

Hong Kong Begins a Mass Poultry Cull Against Bird Flu

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1973

The Endangered Species Act Is Signed

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U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser aircraft during the 1924 round-the-world flight
SEP 28 · 1924

The First Flight Around the World Returns to Seattle

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1891

Edison’s laboratory demonstrates a prototype Kinetoscope

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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline

A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.

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