Thursday, March 14, 2024

History for March 14

History for March 14 - On-This-Day.com 
Paul Ehrlich 1854
  • 1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin.
  • 1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act.
  • 1914 - Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. The process decreased the time to make a car from 12― hours to 93 minutes.
  • 1958 - The U.S. government suspended arms shipments to the Batista government of Cuba.(How'd that work out?)
  • 1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • 1979 - The Census Bureau reported that 95% of all Americans were married or would get married.
  • 1989 - Imported assault guns were banned in the U.S. under President George H.W. Bush.
  • 1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton committed $100 million for an anti-terrorism pact with Israel to track down and root out Islamic militants.

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