Major Events
- 1526 Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders
- 1641 Dutch East India Company conquers the city of Malacca, 7,000 killed
- 1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne, in favor of his son 17 year old son Louis; returns to rule in September when Louis dies of smallbox
- 1761 Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the century, the mostly Muslim Afghani Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in Northern India. An estimated 60,000–70,000 were killed in the fighting and about 40,000 Maratha prisoners massacred afterwards.
- 1784 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, and forwards it to Great Britain
- 2011 Tunisian president Ben Ali, flees to Saudi Arabia after popular protests known as the Jasmine Revolution
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Jan 14 in Film & TV
- 1952 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
Jan 14 in Music
- 1900 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" premieres in Rome
Jan 14 in Sport
- 1898 Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
Did You Know?
Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife
Mark Antony
Benedict Arnold
Berthe Morisot
John dos Passos
Nathaniel Rochester
Carl Weathers
Faye Dunaway
Steven Soderbergh
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Jason Bateman
Allen Toussaint
Dave Grohl
Fun Fact About January 14
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel overseas by airplane
Famous Weddings
- 1236 English King Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
- 1914 Danish "Out of Africa" author Karen Blixen (28), pen name Isak Dinesen marries her 2nd cousin Baron Hans von Blixen-Finecke
- 1927 American comedian Jack Benny (32) weds American salesgirl Sadie Marks (later known as Mary Livingstone) (22) at the Clayton Hotel in Waukegan, Illinois, until his death in 1974
Famous Divorces
- 1994 Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
- 2010 "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (73) divorces his fifth wife Victoria Duffy due to irreconcilable differences and out-of-control spending
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Edmond Halley
Lewis Carroll
Humphrey Bogart
Anthony Eden
Ray Kroc
Georgy MalenkovArticles, Photos and Quiz
Third Battle of Panipat
Drawing of the third battle of Panipat in the Faizabad style showing twin arcs of guns firing at each other with destruction in between
January 14, 1761
Judge With a Passion For Civil Rights
The name of J. Skelly Wright, born on this day, does not spring to mind as a champion of civil rights. But his contribution to the cause was deep and enduring.
January 14, 1911
Casablanca Conference
Henri Giraud, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference
January 14, 1943
