Discovering the Significance of January 14 in History

Have you ever wondered about the significance of January 14 in history? Look no further! In this video, we're exploring some of the notable events and people that have made January 14 a memorable date throughout history. Join us as we uncover the stories and facts behind this date's significance.

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1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow
1690 The musical instrument, the clarinet is invented in Nürnberg, Germany
1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting “witches"
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
1794 Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife
1799 American inventor Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who is later executed
1868 North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
1868 South Carolina constitutional convention meets with a black majority
1873 Prominent African American Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback elected to US Senate (though never seated due to state elections controversy)
1878 US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1911 Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition lands on the Ross Ice Shelf
1938 National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY)
1943 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
1952 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
1956 Little Richard releases single "Tutti Frutti”
1960 US Army promotes Elvis Presley to Sergeant
1963 George Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!”
1964 Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since US President JFK's assassination
1967 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
1972 "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson premieres on NBC TV
1976 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1977 "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalbán and Hervé Villechaize premieres on ABC TV
1979 US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday be a federal holiday
1981 US Federal Communications Commission frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish

1993 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
2013 Mike Pence sworn in as 50th governor of Indiana
2020 US game show Jeopardy "greatest of all time" tournament won by Ken Jennings