What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
03/14/1681
  Georg Philipp Telemann, leading German late baroque composer.
03/14/1864
  Casey Jones
03/14/1879
  Albert Einstein, relative
EVENTS
03/14/1629
  Royal charter grants Massachusets Bay Colony
03/14/1644
  Royal patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island).
03/14/1794
  Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
03/14/1870
  Legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible.
03/14/1896
  Sutro Baths opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952).
03/14/1900
  US currency goes on gold standard
03/14/1903
  First national bird reserve established in Sebastian, Florida
03/14/1923
  President Harding is the first president to file his income tax.
03/14/1948
  Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco.
03/14/1965
  Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with W Germany
03/14/1983
  OPEC cuts oil prices for first time in 23 years.

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