{"id":241755,"date":"2023-02-03T14:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?post_type=otd_day&p=241755"},"modified":"2024-05-06T17:10:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:10:45","slug":"today","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/today\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts & Events That Happened Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is Friday, March 14, 2025. It’s the 73rd day of the year, and we’re on week 11.\n\n\n\n

Every day is special for some reason, and today is no different! Here you’ll find some interesting facts & events that happened today in history, as well as FactstoryHub’s Fact of the Day!\n\n\n\n

Learn what special holiday falls on this day and how to celebrate it. You’ll also find out what famous people celebrate their birthdays today!\n\n\n\n

We update this page daily, so if you have a few minutes spare, check out these events & facts that all help to make today a special day!\n\n\n\n

Today’s Highlighted Events\n\n\n\n

The world is full of things happening – all day, every day. But here are some notable events that happened today in history.\n\n\n\n

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2018\n\n

Finland became the world’s happiest country.\n\n\n\n\n
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1995\n\n

The population of space hit a new record with 13 astronauts.\n\n\n\n\n
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1923\n\n

President Warren G. Harding became the first president to pay taxes in the US.\n\n\n\n\n
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American inventor Eli Whitney was granted a patent for a ground-breaking new type of cotton gin.\n\n\n\n\n
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These are just our highlighted events, but if you’d like to learn more about what happened on this day, you can check out the link below!\n\n\n\n

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March 14: Facts & Historical Events On This Day\n\n\n\n\n\n

Today’s Famous Birthdays\n\n\n\n

Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, you’re not the only one! Here are a few famous people that were also born on this day.\n\n\n\n

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Daniel Gillies\n\n
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Daniel Gillies is an Canadian-New Zealand actor born on March 14, 1976, in Manitoba, Canada. He is 49 years old today.\n\n\n\n\n

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Brian Quinn\n\n
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Brian Quinn is an American comedian born on March 14, 1976, in New York, USA. He is 49 years old today.\n\n\n\n\n

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Michael Caine\n\n
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Michael Caine is an English actor born on March 14, 1933, in England, UK. He is 92 years old today.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Today in history has also been a day of loss, and we’ve had to say some goodbyes over the years. \n\n\n\n

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Stephen Hawking\n\n
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Stephen Hawking\n\n

Stephen Hawking was an English physicist born on January 8, 1942. He died on this day in 2018, at age 76 in Cambridge, England, UK.\n\n\n\n

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Karl Marx\n\n
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Karl Marx\n\n

Karl Marx was a German philosopher born on May 5, 1818. He died on this day in 1883, at age 64 in London, England, UK.\n\n\n\n

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Today’s Special Holiday\n\n\n\n

Every day has special holidays that are celebrated throughout the world, and today is no different! Here’s one of today’s special holidays you can participate in.\n\n\n\n

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National Potato Chip Day\n\n

There might be no better snack food in the world than the humble potato chip, at least in our books. It doesn’t matter whether you love salt and vinegar, classic salted chips, or something more adventurous; eat some potato chips today and revel in their glory!\n\n\n\n\n\n

Today’s Shower Thoughts\n\n\n\n

Don’t you just love it when you’re taking your morning shower, and that little voice in your head asks, “how many balloons would it take to float a human?”\n\n\n\n

We all have these strange thoughts at random times – and here are our shower thoughts of the day.\n\n\n\n

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What Is the European Union?\n\n\n

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Why Is Paris Called the City of Love?\n\n\n

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Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall?\n\n\n

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Qantas Airways once powered an interstate flight on cooking oil. This marked Australia’s first commercial flight using sustainably derived biofuel.\n\n

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