March 14th



1757: Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War... and doing a daily number two in the on-deck port-o-potty.


1942: Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin. Finally allowing Anne to get back to wrk as a hooker.


1964: A jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and giving Oliver Stone a reason to make a four-hour movie.