1980

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 was an Ilyushin Il-62 that crashed near Warsaw-Okecie Airport in Poland, on 14 March 1980, as the crew aborted a landing and attempted to go-around, killing all 77 passengers and 10 crew members on board. It was caused by the disintegration of a turbine disc in one of the plane's engines, leading to uncontained engine failure. The turbine shaft was later found to have manufacturing faults.

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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007

1982

1982 bombing of the African National Congress headquarters in London

The London offices of the African National Congress (ANC) were wrecked by an 11-kilogram (24 lb) bomb which exploded against the rear wall at 9 am on 14 March 1982. Windows up to 400 yd (370 m) away were broken. Caretaker Vernet Mbatha, an ANC voluntary worker, who was sleeping in a flat above the offices, was injured. Significant damage was caused to buildings on White Lion Street and Penton Street, where the office was located. The offices served as the ANC's headquarters in exile since the 1960s.

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1982 bombing of the African National Congress headquarters in London

1988

Johnson South Reef skirmish

The Johnson South Reef skirmish took place on 14 March 1988 between military forces of China and Vietnam, on the Johnson South Reef in the Union Banks region of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea.

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Johnson South Reef skirmish

1991

Escondida

Escondida is a large open-pit copper mine at 3,100 m (10,200 ft) elevation in the Atacama Desert in Antofagasta Region, Chile. It has for decades been one of world's most productive copper mines and is the mine that leads in copper and gold production in Chile. In 2019 it was estimated that the mine and its ancillary industries generated 2.5% of Chile's GDP. The mine's produce is largely exported to China as ore concentrate that contained as of 2020 an estimate of 4% chalcopyrite, 35% chalcocite and 46% pyrite.

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Escondida

1995

Norman Thagard

Norman Earl Thagard is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space flights and on March 14, 1995, he became the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission.

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Norman Thagard

1997

Birth of Simone Biles

Simone Biles, American gymnast

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Simone Biles

1998

Birth of Tyson Jost

Tyson Jost, Canadian ice hockey player

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Tyson Jost

1999

Birth of Marvin Bagley III

Marvin Bagley III, American basketball player

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Marvin Bagley III

1999

Birth of Olivia Dean

Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter

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Olivia Dean

2000

Birth of Chrisean Rock

Chrisean Eugenia Malone, known professionally as Chrisean Rock, is an American rapper and reality television personality. She is best known for appearing on Zeus Network's reality series Baddies (2022–2026) for four seasons. She then starred in her own short-lived series, Blueface & Chrisean: Crazy in Love (2022–2023), also for the network.

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Chrisean Rock

2000

Birth of Jihoon

Park Ji-hoon, known mononymously as Jihoon, is a South Korean singer. He debuted in Treasure on August 7, 2020, and its single album entitled The First Step: Chapter One.

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Jihoon

2001

Birth of Nico Mannion

Niccolò "Nico" Mannion is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top point guards in the 2019 class. Although he mainly grew up in the United States, Mannion represents his birth country of Italy in international competitions.

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Nico Mannion

2006

2006 Chadian coup attempt

The 2006 Chadian coup attempt was an attempted coup d'état against Chadian President Idriss Déby that was foiled on the night of March 14, 2006.

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2006 Chadian coup attempt

2006

Operation Bringing Home the Goods

Operation Bringing Home the Goods was a raid launched by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on March 14, 2006, on a Palestinian prison in Jericho. The prison held several prisoners wanted by Israel, whose incarceration was monitored by British and American wardens. In early 2006, the newly elected Hamas government announced that it intended to release the prisoners.

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Operation Bringing Home the Goods

2007

Nandigram violence

Violence erupted in Nandigram, West Bengal, India, in 2007 due to the land acquisition for a project taken up by the Left Front-led Government of West Bengal to create a chemical hub, a type of special economic zone (SEZ). The policy led to an emergency in the region, and 14 people died in a police shooting.

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Nandigram violence