March 14

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1794	Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.	The Beach Boys	Cotton Fields	20/20
2	1900	The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.	Smoke	Gold is the Colour of Thought	Smoke
3	1910	Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.	Le Tigre	Well Well Well	Feminist Sweepstakes
4	1980	In Poland, a plane crashes during final approach near Warsaw, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.	Dirty Three	Long Way to Go with No Punch	She Has No Strings Apollo
5	1995	Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.	Nick Drake	Ride	Pink Moon

(Historical facts about March 14 are from Wikipedia.)