What Happened on March 14, 1899

Day of the Week: Tuesday

Historical Events


InventionHistoric Invention

German Ferdinand von Zeppelin receives a US patent for a "Navigable Balloon"

Inventor of the Zeppelin Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Inventor of the Zeppelin
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
  • Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens University, 6-2 to clinch trophy for CAHL

Famous Birthdays

  • K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)

Famous Deaths

  • Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76