On this day: March 14

POSTED: 11:54 AM PST Mar 08, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Mar 13, 2013 

America's first town hall meeting is held, Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin, Pan Am is incorporated, and JFK's body is moved to a permanent memorial, all on this day.

OTD March 14 - PanAm
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Pan American Airlines

1927: Pan American Airlines incorporates. The airline, commonly known as Pan Am, would become the principal and largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse on Dec. 4, 1991.

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