This Day in History (1990): Our place at al-Janadriyah

From the March 14, 1990, edition of The Arabian Sun

Saudi Aramco set up an exhibit showing company activities and samples of recent oil discoveries during the inauguration of the sixth al- Janadriyah Festival for Culture and Heritage near Riyadh.

Aramco representatives participated in the event by numerous government officials and thousands of spectators, including sixth graders from Dhahran Junior High on overnight field trips to Riyadh.

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1995 — Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle

1988 — American basketball player Stephen Curry is born in Akron, Ohio

1967 — The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery

1964 — Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, who had in turn assassinated Kennedy

1961 — A B-52 bomber crashes near Yuba City, California, while carrying nuclear weapons

1942 — Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead

1931 — "Alam Ara," India's first talking film, is released

1903 — Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the U.S., is established by President Theodore Roosevelt

1900 — The U.S. goes on the Gold Standard

1794 — Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin