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What happened in history on this day: March 14?
On March 14 in ...
- 1899 - Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2.
- 1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven sweep Rat Portage Thisles in two games.
- 1908 - Stanley Cup hockey: Montréal Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4.
- 1939 - England draw with South Africa in cricket at Durban on the 10th day.
- 1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Henry Aaron homers in his first exhibition game.
- 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1954 - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32-game road losing streak.
- 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points.
- 1961 - George Weiss becomes president of New York Mets.
- 1962 - Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is second NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1963 - San Francisco's Guy Rodgers ties NBA record with 28 assists.
- 1967 - First NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith.
- 1969 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, West Indies versus New Zealand.
- 1972 - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City.
- 1976 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race.
- 1978 - NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge).
- 1980 - World Ice Dance Championship in Dortmund, West Germany won by Krisztina Regoczy and Andras Sallay (Hungary).
- 1980 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Marina Cherkasova and Sergei Shakhrai (USSR).
- 1980 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch.
- 1980 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann (German Democratic Republic).
- 1980 - In Poland, a plane crashes during an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing a 14-man American boxing team and 73 others.
- 1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's first Test Cricket century.
- 1987 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry charges Boston Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl.
- 1987 - Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87.
- 1987 - Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194 metres.
- 1991 - World Ice Dance Championship in Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (France).
- 1991 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev (USSR).
- 1991 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA).
- 1991 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (Canada).
- 1993 - Johan Koss skates world record 5 km (6:06.57).
- 1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship.
- 1993 - Cricketer Ricky Ponting, aged 18 years 84 days, hits twin tons for Tasmania.
- 1995 - The US National Labor Relations Board announces it will charge Major League Baseball owners with two counts of unfair labor practices.
- 1996 - Australia beat West Indies by five runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi-final.
- 1997 - 68-year-old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch.
- 1997 - Olympics gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award.
- 2003 - The Milwaukee Brewers' TV/radio play-by-play announcer, Bob Uecker is chosen for induction into the broadcasters' wing of the Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.
- 2006 - Washington D.C. officials unveil the designs for a new 41,000-seat ballpark.
- 2009 - Annamay Pierse of Canada sets a new world's record in the women's 200-metre breaststroke swimming event, recording 2:17.50 at the short-course swimming championships in Toronto, Ontario.
Births of sports figures on March 14
- 1914 - Birth of Fiorenzo Marini in Italy; épée (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1920 - Birth of Dorothy Tyler-Odam in Great Britain; high jumper (Olympics-silver-1936, 1948).
- 1921 - Birth of Lis Hartel in Denmark; equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1952, 1956).
- 1930 - Birth of Ray Flockton; cricket player (prolific New South Wales batsman of 1950s).
- 1931 - Birth of Bob Goalby; golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, New Zealand-1970).
- 1936 - Birth of Bob Charles in Carterton, New Zealand; PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open).
- 1937 - Birth of Peter van der Merwe; cricket player (South African captain of mid-1960s).
- 1938 - Birth of Johnny Gleeson; cricket player (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72).
- 1946 - Birth of Wes Unseld; NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, Most Valuable Player 1969).
- 1953 - Birth of Tim McKee; American 400-metre medley swimmer (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1956 - Birth of Tessa Sanderson in Kingston, Jamaica; British javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1958 - Birth of Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre; Prince of Monaco/bobsledder (Olympics-1988).
- 1960 - Birth of Kirby Puckett; centerfielder (Minnesota Twins) (dies 2006).
- 1960 - Birth of George Horvath in Sweden; pentathlete (Olympics-1980).
- 1960 - Birth of Helen Hopkins in Donneybrook, Australia; golfer (Australian International 1983).
- 1961 - Birth of Grigoriy Kornev; Russian speed walker (world record 5 km).
- 1963 - Birth of Bruce Reid; cricket player (brilliant left-arm Australia pace bowler 1985-92).
- 1964 - Birth of Donald Evans; NFL defensive end/tackle (New York Jets).
- 1964 - Birth of Richard Migliore; jockey.
- 1965 - Birth of John Stephenson; cricket player (England opening bat in one Test versus Australia 1989).
- 1965 - Birth of Kevin Brown in Mcintyre, Georgia, USA; pitcher (Florida Marlins).
- 1966 - Birth of Darcy Wakaluk in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada; NHL goalie (Dallas Stars).
- 1966 - Birth of Tertius Bosch; cricket player (South African pace bowler 1992).
- 1967 - Birth of Vijay Yadav; cricket player (Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia).
- 1969 - Birth of Greg Biekert; NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders).
- 1969 - Birth of Larry Johnson; NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets, New York Knicks).
- 1969 - Birth of Ty[rel] Bennion in Seattle, Washington, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Thomas McLemore; NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - Birth of Ernie Brown; Canadian Football League defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1972 - Birth of Antowain Smith; running back (Buffalo Bills).
- 1972 - Birth of Aris Brimanis in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers).
- 1972 - Birth of Clover Maitland; Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Tom Barndt; NFL/WLAF guard (Kansas City Chiefs, Scottish Claymores).
- 1973 - Birth of Chris Sullivan; defensive end (New England Patriots).
- 1974 - Birth of Justine Joyce; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer in Auckland, New Zealand; 3k independent pursuit cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Aaron Brown; English football player.
- 1983 - Birth of Bakhtiyar Artayev; Kazakh boxer.
- 1987 - Birth of Aravane Rezaļ; Iranian-French tennis player.
Deaths of sports figures on March 14
- 1925 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at age 65.
- 1981 - Ken Barrington, cricket player (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies.
- 1996 - Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at age 57.
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