Historical Events and Current Affairs on January 14

1236: English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
1526: Charles V & Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid
1526: Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy & Flanders
1601: Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome
1639: 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
1639: Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
1641: United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1659: Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
1690: Clarinet invented, in Nrnberg, Germany
1699: Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
1717: German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam
1724: Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
1739: England & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo
1746: Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow [OS=Jan 3]
1783: Congress ratifies peace treaty between US & England
1784: Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris
1785: Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
1794: Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section
1794: operation on his wife
1799: Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1799: King of Naples flees before advancing French armies
1813: Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY)
1814: King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1847: Conspiracy in New Mexico against US
1858: French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice
1858: Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1861: Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands
1863: Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864: Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
1864: General Sherman begins his march to the South
1868: NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
1868: SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
1873: "Celluloid" registered as a trademark
1873: P B S Pinchback elected to Senate
1874: I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
1878: US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1897: 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
1898: Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
1900: Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome
1905: Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC
1908: Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut v Eng Adelaide (116)
1909: Co”p. Far. Central Management forms
1912: Raymond Poincar‚ becomes premier of France
1914: Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
1916: Dutch South Sea dike cracks
1918: Finland & USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1919: John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, & Judge MCQuade buy NY Giants
1924: Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
1925: Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin
1927: Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers
1929: Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign
1932: 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah
1932: Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
1935: Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use
1936: L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America
1938: National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY)
1939: All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends
1939: Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
1940: Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
1942: #1849 Kresak & #4421 Kayor
1942: Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
1943: Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game
1943: FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
1943: Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw
1944: Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow
1946: 2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
1949: Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1950: "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 420 perfs
1950: US recalls all consular officials from China
1951: NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27
1952: "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
1952: Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends
1952: Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26
1953: Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester
1953: WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953: Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)
1954: NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
1954: Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London
1955: Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Phila
1956: Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad
1956: Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
1960: Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
1960: US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
1961: Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
1962: NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30
1963: "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"
1963: George C Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states
1964: 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston
1964: Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 v England, 21 maiden overs in a row
1964: Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination
1966: David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
1967: 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF
1967: Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
1967: NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
1967: Sonny & Cher release "Beat Goes On"
1968: Soyuz 4 launched
1968: Superbowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami
1968: Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
1969: 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
1969: Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
1971: John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
1972: "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
1972: #1901 Moravia, #1933 Tinchen, #2900 Lubos Perek
1972: WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972: WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972: WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973: Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif
1973: Superbowl MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S
1973: Superbowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Wash Red Skins, 14-7 in LA
1973: Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV
1974: World Football League founded
1975: Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
1975: USSR breaks trade agreement with US
1976: "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1976: Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
1978: Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
1979: Pres Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1980: "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi opens
1980: Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1981: FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1981: XXX actor John Holmes arrested for stealing a computer out of a car
1984: Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand
1985: 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
1985: œ sinks to record low-$1.11
1986: Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
1986: Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
1986: Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of
1987: Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989: "Romance/Romance" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 297 perfs
1989: 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradfort England
1989: 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
1989: Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped
1990: "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV
1990: 11th ACE Cable Awards
1990: Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf
1991: "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
1991: Jorge Serrano El¡as sworn in as president of Guatemala
1991: Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys Calif
1991: Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR
1993: "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances
1993: David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
1993: Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die
1994: Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
1994: Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands
1995: 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
1995: 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards
1996: "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances
1996: "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 perfs
1996: Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
1998: 100th episode of "Ellen," airs
1998: Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge

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