Friday, March 14, 2025

History for March 14

History for March 14 - On-This-Day.com 
Paul Ehrlich 1854
  • 1629 - A Royal charter was granted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • 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.
  • 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Hay-Herran Treaty that guaranteed the U.S. the right to build a canal at Panama. The Columbian Senate rejected the treaty. A deal was signed on November 6, 1903 with the newly independent Panama.
  • 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.

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