March 14: Clean Monday (Eastern Christianity, 2016); New Year's Day (Sikhs); White Day in East Asia; Commonwealth Day in the Commonwealth of Nations (2016); Pi Day (United States)
A cotton gin
- 1794 – American inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin (pictured), the first ever machine that quickly and easily separated cotton fibers from their seedpods.
- 1885 – The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
- 1931 – Alam Ara, the first Indian film with sound, was released.
- 1978 – Israeli–Lebanese conflict: The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Litani, invading and occupying southern Lebanon, and pushing PLO troops north up to the Litani River.
- 1991 – The "Birmingham Six", wrongly convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, were released after sixteen years in prison.
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