How Many Days Until March 14?

This day in history: March 14

1. 1945

   The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in Bielefeld, Germany.

2. 1972

   Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion.

3. 1973

   Vietnam War: After having been captured by North Vietnamese forces five and a half years earlier, U.S. Navy pilot John McCain was released with 108 other prisoners of war.

4. 1984

   Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by Ulster Freedom Fighters in central Belfast, Northern Ireland.

5. 1988

   China defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.

6. 1991

   Escondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.

7. 2021

   The Burmese military and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the Hlaingthaya massacre in Yangon, including those protesting a recent coup d'état.

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