TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY is Monday, January 14, the 14th day of 2002. There are 351 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
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In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut — the “Fundamental Orders” — was adopted.
In 1742, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who observed the comet that now bears his name, died at age 85.
In 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1858, French emperor Napoleon III escaped an attempt on his life.
In 1898, author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as “Alice in Wonderland” creator Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford, England, less than two weeks before his 66th birthday.
In 1900, Puccini’s opera “Tosca” received a mixed reception at its world premiere in Rome.
In 1943, US president Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
In 1953, Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country’s Parliament.
In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of “segregation forever.”
In 1969, 25 crew members of the US aircraft carrier Enterprise were killed in an explosion that ripped through the ship off Hawaii.
“If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.” — Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (“Lewis Carroll”), English author (1832-1898).
