1936: GERMANY: Hitler told a crowd of 300,000 that Germany's only judge was God and itself. (Mike Ballard)
March 14th, 1939 (TUESDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Boom defense vessel HMS Burgonet launched.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia, leaving Slovakia independent at this time, basically ending Czechoslovakia's status as an independent republic. The stage for this had been set the previous year with the signing of the Munich Pact, stripping Czechoslovakia of what many consider to be her best defensive line (in the Sudentenland). (Mike Ballard)
SOUTH AFRICA: The "Timeless" Test between South Africa and England in Durban ends - it started on March 3 - because the England players have to rejoin their ship.