MARCH 14 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for March 14

James Bogardus (1800-1874) - Architect and inventor of cast-iron architecture.

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (1833-1910) - First woman to graduate from dental school.

Charles Ammi Cutter (1837-1903) - Harvard librarian who helped produce the Card Catalog system.

Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) - Considered one of the first abstract painters in  the U.S.

Ed Heinemann (1908-1991) - Aircraft designer of the Douglas Aircraft.

Lee Petty (1914-2000) - Founder of Petty Enterprises.

Horton Foote (1916-2009) - Screenwriter who adapted To Kill a Mockingbird into a movie.

Hank Ketcham (1920-2001) - Cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace.

S. Truett Cathy, (1921-2014) - Founder of Chick-fil-A.

Diane Arbus (1923-1971) - Fashion photographer for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

Quincy Jones (1933-2024) - Music producer for Motown Records.

Billy Crystal (1948-Still Living) - Actor and comedian.

Jerry Greenfield (1951-Still Living) - Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Rigdon "Rick" Dees (1951-Still Living) - Radio disc jockey of Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 Countdown.

Danny Meyer (1958-Still Living) - Founder of Shake Shack.

Memorable Events for March 14

1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.

1903 - President Roosevelt establishes the first wildlife refuge (Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge).

1923 - President Harding becomes the first President to pay taxes.

1942 - Anne Miller becomes the first patient to be treated with penicillin in the U.S.

1950 - The FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives program starts.

2019 - Emma Haruka Iwao (Google employee) breaks the world record for calculating pi to 31.4 trillion digits on Pi Day using Google Cloud.