Today in History Today is Sunday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2021. There are 292 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 14, 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, and sentenced him to death. (Both the conviction and death sentence were overturned, but Ruby died before he could be retried.) On this date: In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry. In 1883, German political philosopher Karl Marx died in London at age 64. In 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act. In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul. In 1962, Democrat Edward M. Kennedy officially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly 47 years.)...
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