Historical timeline for March 14

Burmese security forces kill at least 65 civilians in the Hlaingthaya massacre.

Cyclone Idai makes landfall near Beira, Mozambique, causing devastating floods and over 1,000 deaths.

A naming ceremony for the chemical element nihonium takes place in Tokyo, with then Crown Prince Naruhito in attendance.

A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.

The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, results in the deaths of at least 14 people.

The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.

Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat.

Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.

Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.

In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.

The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.

Alia Royal Jordanian Flight 600 crashes at Doha International Airport, killing 45 people.

The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.

Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people.

The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who had shot and killed John F. Kennedy the previous year.

A USAF B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California.

Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.

The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.