January 14
1639
The first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784
The United States ratified a treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1943
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference.
1953
Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1954
Marilyn Monroe married baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.
1963
George Wallace sworn in as Alabama’s governor, promising “segregation forever.”
1973
The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go undefeated and have a perfect season by beating the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.
1990
The Simpsons premiered on television.
2008
Bobby Jindal takes office as governor of Louisiana as the first elected Indian-American governor of the U.S.
Birthdays
Albert Schweitzer
1875–1965, Alsatian Medical Missionary.
Benedict Arnold
general and traitor (1741)
Henri Fantin-Latour
painter (1836)
Berthe Morisot
impressionist painter (1841)
R.F. Outcault
cartoonist and illustrator (1863)
Hugh Lofting
writer (1886)
John Dos Passos
novelist (1896)
Harold Russell
soldier and actor (1914)
Yukio Mishima
writer (1925)
Julian Bond
politician (1940)
Faye Dunaway
actress (1941)
Shannon Lucid
astronaut and biochemist (1943)
Maureen Dowd
journalist (1952)
Steven Soderbergh
filmmaker (1963)
Emily Watson
actor (1967)