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Hipparchus analysed a solar eclipse that had occurred on 14 March 190 BC
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e4ye9m3EflQC&pg=PA109

March Lunar eclipse 2006
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t6151020/march-lunar-eclipse/

Total Solar eclipse of March 14, 1820
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48259935/total-solar-eclipse-march-14-1820/



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The Second Equirria (Festival of Mars) was held on March 14) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirria

Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4744230/314159/



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The last US-A satellite was launched 14 March 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-A

Soyuz TM-21 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 14, 1995.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52974877/soyuz-tm-21/

Schiaparelli EDM lander was launched on the 14th March 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM_lander



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Pedro Duque Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Duque

Eugene Andrew Cernan (March 14, 1934 - 16 January 2017) was a former NASA astronaut 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48259879/eugene-cernan/

Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48260063/frank-frederick-borman/

William Benjamin Lenoir (March 14, 1939 - August 26, 2010) was an a former NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Lenoir

Kuleshova, Natalya Dmitriyevna (1956-) is a Russian engineer cosmonaut
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kuleshova_natalya.htm

Edward Michael Fincke (born 14 March 1967) is an American Astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fincke

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t34645288/albert-einstein/

Geraint F. Lewis (born 14 March 1969) is a Welsh-born astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_F._Lewis

Dr. Lawrence Ramsey is a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2004-news/Ramsey3-2004.htm

Heidi B. Hammel (born March 14, 1960) is a planetary astronomer who has extensively studied Neptune and Uranus. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Hammel

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (14 March 1835 - 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Schiaparelli



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The comic opera The Mikado opened on 14 March 1885 in London

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Alam Ara (The Ornament of the World) is a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alam_Ara

Star Trek: "All Our Yesterdays" was first broadcast on March 14, 1969
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NGC 1554 was discovered by Otto Wilhelm von Struve on the 14th March 1868.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013791/ngc-1554/

NGC 3507 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013774/ngc-3507/

NGC 3519 was discovered by John Herschel on the 14th March 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013770/ngc-3519/

NGC 3603 was discovered by John Herschel on the 14th March 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33844552/ngc-3603/

NGC 3605 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013729/ngc-3605/

NGC 3607 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013717/ngc-3607/

NGC 3608 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013707/ngc-3608/

NGC 3659 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013700/ngc-3659/

NGC 3686 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013692/ngc-3686/

NGC 3691 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57013688/ngc-3691/

NGC 5053 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63187775/ngc-5053/



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Asteroid (247) Eukrate was discovered by Robert Luther on March 14, 1885, in Düsseldorf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/247_Eukrate

Meteorites

The Middlesbrough (L6) meteorite fell in England, UK, on the 14th March, 1881.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33449253/middlesborough-meteorite/



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