On This Day: March 14th

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.