January 14

Friday 14, 2005:

Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.

Wednesday 14, 2004:

The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.

Friday 14, 2000:

David Letterman undergoes quintuple heart bypass surgery.

Wednesday 14, 1998:

An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.

Sunday 14, 1996:

Jorge Sampaio is elected president of Portugal.

Friday 14, 1994:

President of the United States Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles to targets and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine.

Thursday 14, 1993:

David Letterman announces he is moving his television talk show from NBC to CBS.

Monday 14, 1985:

Martina Navratilova wins her 100th tennis tournament.

Saturday 14, 1984:

Ray Mancini defeats Bobby Chacon by a knockout in three to retain his WBA boxing world Lightweight title in Reno.

Saturday 14, 1978:

Johnny Rotten quits the Sex Pistols after the final show of their American tour, at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

Tuesday 14, 1975:

Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by the Black Panther.

Sunday 14, 1973:

Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins. The Dolphins become the first NFL team to go undefeated in a season.

Friday 14, 1972:

Sanford & Son premieres on NBC.

Wednesday 14, 1970:

Sato Eisaku is elected to his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.

Tuesday 14, 1969:

An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 25 people.

Monday 14, 1963:

George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama.

Thursday 14, 1954:

The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation.

Monday 14, 1952:

The Today show premieres on NBC.

Sunday 14, 1951:

The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California).

Thursday 14, 1943:

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office (Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II).

Saturday 14, 1939:

Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.

Monday 14, 1907:

An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.

Sunday 14, 1900:

Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premieres in Rome.

Thursday 14, 1858:

Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.

Friday 14, 1814:

Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.

Wednesday 14, 1784:

American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England.

Friday 14, 1724:

King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.

Saturday 14, 1690:

The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany.

Friday 14, 1639:

The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, was adopted in Connecticut.

Saturday 14, 1539:

Spain annexes Cuba.

Wednesday 14, 1514:

Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.

Monday 14, 1501:

Martin Luther, 17, enters the University of Erfurt.

Friday 14, 1301:

Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.

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