January 14
1639 - The first constitution of Connecticut, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 - The United States 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.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the Casablanca Conference during World War II.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered.
1953 - Josip Broz Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1954 - Actress Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio.
1963 - George Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama, promising "segregation forever".
1970 - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1989 - President Ronald Reagan delivered his 331st and final weekly White House radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. I'll miss you."
1990 - "The Simpsons" premiered on FOX.
1993 - Late-night TV talk show 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 - Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
2004 - J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2004 - President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.
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 takes office as the governor of Louisiana, the first elected Indian-American governor in the U.S.
Birthdays
25 - Matthew Timmons (actor)
28 - Grant Gustin (actor)
29 - Frankie Sandford (singer)
29 - Emma Greenwell (actress)
49 - Dave Grohl (singer)
49 - Jason Bateman (actor)
50 - LL Cool J (rapper/actor)
51 - Carla Facciolo (reality star)
51 - Emily Watson (actress)
51 - Zakk Wylde (singer)
53 - Slick Rick (rapper)
70 - Carl Weathers (actor)
75 - Holland Taylor (actress)
77 - Faye Dunaway (actress)
80 - Jack Jones (jazz singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 14
1948 - Plastic helmets were prohibited in the NFL.
1951 - The first National Football League Pro Bowl All-Star Game was played in Los Angeles, CA.
1961 - Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the AFL.
1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts.
1968 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Miami in the second AFL-NFL World Championship Game (now referred to as Super Bowl II). Packers' quarterback Bart Starr was named MVP.
1973 - The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Los Angeles to win Super Bowl VII. The Dolphins became the first, and to date the only, team in NFL history to finish a season with a perfect undefeated record. Miami safety Jake Scott was named MVP.
1974 - The World Football League was founded.
1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves.
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 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.
1996 - Fox aired the San Francisco 49er/Dallas Cowboy NFC championship game. The game pulled a 34.2/57 Nielsen rating.
2002 - The NBA announced a three game suspension for Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers) and a one game suspension for Brad Miller (Chicago Bulls) for a fight that occurred during a game.
2002 - Barry Bonds agrees to a five-year, $90 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
2013 - Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he'd used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
1639 - The first constitution of Connecticut, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 - The United States 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.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the Casablanca Conference during World War II.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered.
1953 - Josip Broz Tito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.
1954 - Actress Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio.
1963 - George Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama, promising "segregation forever".
1970 - Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1989 - President Ronald Reagan delivered his 331st and final weekly White House radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. I'll miss you."
1990 - "The Simpsons" premiered on FOX.
1993 - Late-night TV talk show 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 - Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
2004 - J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2004 - President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.
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 takes office as the governor of Louisiana, the first elected Indian-American governor in the U.S.
Birthdays
25 - Matthew Timmons (actor)
28 - Grant Gustin (actor)
29 - Frankie Sandford (singer)
29 - Emma Greenwell (actress)
49 - Dave Grohl (singer)
49 - Jason Bateman (actor)
50 - LL Cool J (rapper/actor)
51 - Carla Facciolo (reality star)
51 - Emily Watson (actress)
51 - Zakk Wylde (singer)
53 - Slick Rick (rapper)
70 - Carl Weathers (actor)
75 - Holland Taylor (actress)
77 - Faye Dunaway (actress)
80 - Jack Jones (jazz singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 14
1948 - Plastic helmets were prohibited in the NFL.
1951 - The first National Football League Pro Bowl All-Star Game was played in Los Angeles, CA.
1961 - Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the AFL.
1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts.
1968 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in Miami in the second AFL-NFL World Championship Game (now referred to as Super Bowl II). Packers' quarterback Bart Starr was named MVP.
1973 - The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Los Angeles to win Super Bowl VII. The Dolphins became the first, and to date the only, team in NFL history to finish a season with a perfect undefeated record. Miami safety Jake Scott was named MVP.
1974 - The World Football League was founded.
1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves.
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 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.
1996 - Fox aired the San Francisco 49er/Dallas Cowboy NFC championship game. The game pulled a 34.2/57 Nielsen rating.
2002 - The NBA announced a three game suspension for Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers) and a one game suspension for Brad Miller (Chicago Bulls) for a fight that occurred during a game.
2002 - Barry Bonds agrees to a five-year, $90 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
2013 - Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he'd used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
