January 14th in History

Michael Dobson | January 14

 Today in History

  • King Spearthrower Owl of Teoihuacán conquers Tikai (378)
  • Spain annexes Cuba (1539)
  • The US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, officially ending the Revolutionary War (1784)
  • FDR and Churchill meet in Casablanca; FDR becomes the first US President to travel by airplane while in office (1943)
  • The Today Show premiers (1952)
  • The Human Be-In in San Francisco launches the Summer of Love (1967)
  • Elvis Presley’s Aloha from Hawaii sets a record as the most watched broadcast ever by an individual entertainer (1973)

Birthdays

  • Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), Roman general and politician (83 BCE)
  • Benedict Arnold, US general and traitor (1741 CE)
  • Albert Schweitzer, physician and missionary (1875)
  • Hugh Lofting, creator of Doctor Doolittle (1886)
  • John Dos Passos, novelist (1896)
  • Hasso von Manteuffel, German general (1897)
  • Babe Siebert, hockey player (1904)
  • William Bendix, actor (1906)
  • Andy Rooney, television journalist (1919)
  • Julian Bond, civil rights activist (1940)
  • Faye Dunaway, actress (1941)
  • Marjoe Gortner, evangelist and actor (1944)
  • Nina Totenberg, journalist (1944)
  • T Bone Burnett, singer-songwriter (1948)
  • Carl Weathers, football player and actor (1948)
  • Sydney Biddle Barrows, “Mayflower Madam” (1952)
  • LL Cool J, rapper (1968)

Deaths

  • Edmund Halley, comet discoverer (1742)
  • Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), author of Alice in Wonderland (1898)
  • John Francis Dodge, carmaker (1920)
  • Humphrey Bogart, actor (1957)
  • Barry Fitzgerald, actor (1961)
  • Jeanette MacDonald, actress and singer (1965)
  • Sergei Korolev, head of the Soviet space program (1966)
  • Anthony Eden, UK Prime Minister (1977)
  • Anaïs Nin, author (1977)
  • Kurt Gödel, mathematician and philosopher (1978)
  • Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s (1984)
  • Donna Reed, actress (1986)
  • Georgy Malenkov, Soviet leader (1988)
  • Shelley Winters, actress (2006)
  • Ricardo Montalbán, actor (2009)
  • Alan Rickman, actor (2016)

Holidays and Celebrations

  • Azhymykhua (Abkhazia)
  • Day of Defenders of the Motherland (Uzbekistan)
  • Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
  • Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
  • Flag Day (Georgia)
  • National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
  • Ratification Day (United States)
  • Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Informal and made-up holidays include International Kite Day, Dress Up Your Pet Day, and Organize Your Home Day.