On This Day - March 14th

Submitted by Syrext on March 14, 2025

On This Day 📜 - March 14th

Featured Event:

Reelection of Vladimir Putin (2004) 🇷🇺

Vladimir Putin, the intelligence officer and politician who became president of Russia in 1999 upon the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, was overwhelmingly reelected to a second term as president this day in 2004.

Other Events:

1899: German military official Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, received a U.S. patent for a “navigable balloon”; the first zeppelin made its initial flight the following year. 🛩️

1923: US President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st president to pay taxes 📄

1964: Jack Ruby was found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. 🏢

2013: Xi Jinping named the new President of the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

Holidays:

Constitution Day 🇦🇩

Heroes' Day 🇻🇨

Summer Day 🇦🇱

Pi Day π

Featured Birthdays:

1879: Albert Einstein 🇩🇪 (Physicist)

1933: Quincy Jones Jr. 🇺🇸 (Jazz Trumpeter and Producer)

1988: Stephen Curry 🇺🇸 (Basketball Player)