January 14
1639 - The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 - The United States ratified the Treaty of Paris with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Gen. Charles de Gaulle met at the Casablanca Conference during World War II.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered, with Dave Garroway as host.
1953 - Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1954 - Actress Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio.
1963 - George Wallace is sworn in as governor of Alabama, promising "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!" -- a view he later repudiated.
1967 - The "Summer of Love" unofficially began with a "Human Be-In" involving tens of thousands of young people at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
1970 - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1990 - "The Simpsons" premiered on FOX.
1994 - President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk signed the Trilateral Statement, an accord to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
2008 - Bobby Jindal is sworn in as governor of Louisiana, the nation's first Indian-American governor.
Birthdays
24 - Cora Jade (professional wrestler)
35 - Grant Gustin (actor)
35 - Kacy Catanzaro (professional wrestler)
36 - Frankie Bridge (singer)
39 - Matt Riddle (professional wrestler)
43 - Caleb Followill (singer)
56 - Dave Grohl (musician)
56 - Jason Bateman (actor)
57 - LL Cool J (rapper/actor)
58 - Emily Watson (actress)
82 - Holland Taylor (actress)
84 - Faye Dunaway (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 14
1936 - Cecil "Tiny" Thompson (Boston Bruins) became the first NHL goalie to receive credit for an assist.
1948 - Plastic helmets were prohibited in the NFL.
1951 - The first National Football League Pro Bowl All-Star Game was played in Los Angeles.
1968 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Oakland Raiders 33-14 to win Super Bowl II.
1973 - The Miami Dolphins become the first, and to date the only, NFL team to finish a season with a perfect record and a Super Bowl championship after defeating the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII to finish 17-0.
1974 - The World Football League was founded.
1976 - Ted Turner completed his purchase of the Atlanta Braves.
1985 - Martina Navratilova won her 100th tournament. She joined Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert Lloyd as the only professional tennis players to win 100 tournaments.
1990 - Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers) set an NFL record when he threw his 30th and 31st post-season touchdown passes. Terry Bradshaw held the previous record of 30.
1993 - Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton becomes the second player in NBA history to achieve 3,000 career blocks (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the other).
2002 - Barry Bonds signed a contract with the San Francisco Giants worth $90 million for five years.
2013 - Cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he had used performance-enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive Tour de France races.
2024 - The Detroit Lions win their first playoff game since 1991, defeating the Los Angeles Rams.
1639 - The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 - The United States ratified the Treaty of Paris with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Gen. Charles de Gaulle met at the Casablanca Conference during World War II.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered, with Dave Garroway as host.
1953 - Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1954 - Actress Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio.
1963 - George Wallace is sworn in as governor of Alabama, promising "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!" -- a view he later repudiated.
1967 - The "Summer of Love" unofficially began with a "Human Be-In" involving tens of thousands of young people at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
1970 - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1990 - "The Simpsons" premiered on FOX.
1994 - President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk signed the Trilateral Statement, an accord to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
2008 - Bobby Jindal is sworn in as governor of Louisiana, the nation's first Indian-American governor.
Birthdays
24 - Cora Jade (professional wrestler)
35 - Grant Gustin (actor)
35 - Kacy Catanzaro (professional wrestler)
36 - Frankie Bridge (singer)
39 - Matt Riddle (professional wrestler)
43 - Caleb Followill (singer)
56 - Dave Grohl (musician)
56 - Jason Bateman (actor)
57 - LL Cool J (rapper/actor)
58 - Emily Watson (actress)
82 - Holland Taylor (actress)
84 - Faye Dunaway (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 14
1936 - Cecil "Tiny" Thompson (Boston Bruins) became the first NHL goalie to receive credit for an assist.
1948 - Plastic helmets were prohibited in the NFL.
1951 - The first National Football League Pro Bowl All-Star Game was played in Los Angeles.
1968 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the Oakland Raiders 33-14 to win Super Bowl II.
1973 - The Miami Dolphins become the first, and to date the only, NFL team to finish a season with a perfect record and a Super Bowl championship after defeating the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII to finish 17-0.
1974 - The World Football League was founded.
1976 - Ted Turner completed his purchase of the Atlanta Braves.
1985 - Martina Navratilova won her 100th tournament. She joined Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert Lloyd as the only professional tennis players to win 100 tournaments.
1990 - Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers) set an NFL record when he threw his 30th and 31st post-season touchdown passes. Terry Bradshaw held the previous record of 30.
1993 - Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton becomes the second player in NBA history to achieve 3,000 career blocks (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the other).
2002 - Barry Bonds signed a contract with the San Francisco Giants worth $90 million for five years.
2013 - Cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he had used performance-enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive Tour de France races.
2024 - The Detroit Lions win their first playoff game since 1991, defeating the Los Angeles Rams.
