March 14 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Shabbat HaChodesh שבת החדש holiday
• Islamic: Lailat-ul-Qadr major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2008 — A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet. ↗
• 2007 — The Left Front government of West Bengal sends at least 3,000 police to Nandigram in an attempt to break Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh... ↗
• 2006 — Members of the Chadian military fail in an attempted coup d'état. ↗
• 1995 — Space exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle. ↗
• 1994 — Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Simone Biles, American gymnast
• 1996 — Batuhan Altıntaş, Turkish footballer
• 1994 — Ansel Elgort, American actor and DJ
• 1993 — Philipp Ziereis, German footballer
• 1991 — Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler