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2018

NASA publishes a study on twins. Astronaut Scott Kelly is no longer his brother’s twin after spending a year in space. 7% of his genes have been altered.

2013

Xi Jinping is named the new president of the People’s Republic of China.

1994

The first version of the open-source Linux operating system (kernel 1.0.0) is released.

1990

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes chairman of the Soviet Congress.

1974

Quebec makes French the official language of the province.

1964

In Dallas, a jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

1962

Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings becomes the second player in NHL history to score 500 goals, following Maurice Richard.

1914

Henry Ford announces that he has developed the first automobile assembly line, reducing assembly time from 12.5 hours to 93 minutes.

1899

German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin is granted a U.S. patent for an “airship.”

It happened on… March 14

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