January 14
1639 - The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 - The United Sates ratified the Treaty of Paris with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1898 - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford, England, at age 65.
1914 - Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assembly line operation by employing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its Highland Park, Michigan plant.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered.
1953 - Josip Broz Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1963 - George Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama, promising "segregation forever."
1964 - Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in a brief televised address, thanked Americans for their condolences and messages of support following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, nearly two months earlier.
1970 - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1975 - The House Internal Security Committee (formerly the House Un-American Activities Committee) was disbanded.
1990 - The animated sitcom "The Simpsons" premiered on FOX.
1993 - Late night TV host David Letterman announced he was moving from NBC to CBS.
1994 - President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed accords in Moscow to stop aiming missiles at any nation and to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
2004 - J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2005 - Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees. (He was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.)
2005 - A European space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan.
2008 - Bobby Jindal is sworn in as governor of Louisiana, the first Indian-American governor in U.S. history.
2010 - President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid.
2012 - Rescue workers scrambled aboard the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner, seeking to help some 4,200 passengers a day after the ship ran aground and tipped over off Italy’s Tuscan coast; the death toll from the tragedy eventually reached 32.
2017 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of satellites blasted off from California, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months earlier.
2021 - A global team of researchers sent by the World Health Organization arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins.
2021 - Authorities said a new investigation of the Flint water disaster had led to charges against nine people, including former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and key members of his administration.
Birthdays
29 - Molly Tuttle (singer)
32 - Grant Gustin (actor/singer)
32 - Kacy Catanzaro (gymnast / professional wrestler)
33 - Jonathan Osser (actor)
33 - Frankie Bridge (singer)
33 - Emma Greenwell (actress)
36 - Matt Riddle (professional wrestler)
37 - Jake Choi (actor)
40 - Zach Gilford (actor)
40 - Marc Broussard (singer)
46 - Ward Horton (actor)
47 - Jordan Ladd (actor)
48 - Kevin Durand (actor)
53 - Dave Grohl (singer)
53 - Jason Bateman (actor)
54 - LL Cool J (rapper/actor)
55 - Tom Rhodes (actor/comedian)
55 - Emily Watson (actress)
58 - Dan Schneider (actor)
58 - Shepard Smith (news anchor)
58 - Mark Addy (actor)
74 - Carl Weathers (actor)
79 - Holland Taylor (actress)
81 - Faye Dunaway (actress)
84 - Jack Jones (singer)
86 - Clarence Carter (singer)
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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.
1954 - Actress Marilyn Monroe and baseball star Joe DiMaggio were married.
1968 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Miami to win Super Bowl II.
1973 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII and finish the season with a 17-0 record, becoming the first and only team in NFL history to complete a season with a perfect record.
1974 - The World Football League was founded.
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.
1987 - Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1989 - Bobby Knight won his 500th career victory as a college basketball coach.
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.
2013 - Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denials by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he had used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
2020 - Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseball's investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros; Cora was previously the Astros' bench coach before moving to Boston.
1639 - The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 - The United Sates ratified the Treaty of Paris with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1898 - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford, England, at age 65.
1914 - Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assembly line operation by employing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its Highland Park, Michigan plant.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered.
1953 - Josip Broz Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1963 - George Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama, promising "segregation forever."
1964 - Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in a brief televised address, thanked Americans for their condolences and messages of support following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, nearly two months earlier.
1970 - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1975 - The House Internal Security Committee (formerly the House Un-American Activities Committee) was disbanded.
1990 - The animated sitcom "The Simpsons" premiered on FOX.
1993 - Late night TV host David Letterman announced he was moving from NBC to CBS.
1994 - President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed accords in Moscow to stop aiming missiles at any nation and to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
2004 - J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2005 - Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees. (He was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.)
2005 - A European space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan.
2008 - Bobby Jindal is sworn in as governor of Louisiana, the first Indian-American governor in U.S. history.
2010 - President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid.
2012 - Rescue workers scrambled aboard the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner, seeking to help some 4,200 passengers a day after the ship ran aground and tipped over off Italy’s Tuscan coast; the death toll from the tragedy eventually reached 32.
2017 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of satellites blasted off from California, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months earlier.
2021 - A global team of researchers sent by the World Health Organization arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins.
2021 - Authorities said a new investigation of the Flint water disaster had led to charges against nine people, including former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and key members of his administration.
Birthdays
29 - Molly Tuttle (singer)
32 - Grant Gustin (actor/singer)
32 - Kacy Catanzaro (gymnast / professional wrestler)
33 - Jonathan Osser (actor)
33 - Frankie Bridge (singer)
33 - Emma Greenwell (actress)
36 - Matt Riddle (professional wrestler)
37 - Jake Choi (actor)
40 - Zach Gilford (actor)
40 - Marc Broussard (singer)
46 - Ward Horton (actor)
47 - Jordan Ladd (actor)
48 - Kevin Durand (actor)
53 - Dave Grohl (singer)
53 - Jason Bateman (actor)
54 - LL Cool J (rapper/actor)
55 - Tom Rhodes (actor/comedian)
55 - Emily Watson (actress)
58 - Dan Schneider (actor)
58 - Shepard Smith (news anchor)
58 - Mark Addy (actor)
74 - Carl Weathers (actor)
79 - Holland Taylor (actress)
81 - Faye Dunaway (actress)
84 - Jack Jones (singer)
86 - Clarence Carter (singer)
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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.
1954 - Actress Marilyn Monroe and baseball star Joe DiMaggio were married.
1968 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Miami to win Super Bowl II.
1973 - The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII and finish the season with a 17-0 record, becoming the first and only team in NFL history to complete a season with a perfect record.
1974 - The World Football League was founded.
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.
1987 - Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1989 - Bobby Knight won his 500th career victory as a college basketball coach.
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.
2013 - Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denials by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he had used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
2020 - Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseball's investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros; Cora was previously the Astros' bench coach before moving to Boston.
