this day in history: January 14th

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This Day in History

LEAD STORY

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Albert Schweitzer born,1875

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, 1784

AUTOMOTIVE

Dodge co-founder dies,1920

CIVIL WAR

House Committee proposes amendment to protect slavery, 1860

COLD WAR

United Nations vote "deplores" Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, 1980

CRIME

Benedict Arnold, American traitor, born,1741

DISASTER

Explosion rocks USS Enterprise, 1969

GENERAL INTEREST

The first colonial constitution, 1639

George Wallace inaugurated as Alabama governor, 1963

Gold prices soar, 1980

HOLLYWOOD

Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio, 1954

LITERARY

Joseph Conrad returns to London, 1894

MUSIC

Diana Ross and the Supremes perform their final concert, 1970

OLD WEST

General Miles reports on Sioux, 1891

PRESIDENTIAL

Adams, Jefferson and Madison help to ratify the Treaty of Paris, 1784

Roosevelt ushers in Japanese-American internment, 1942

FDR becomes first president to travel by airplane on U.S. official business, 1943

SPORTS

Undefeated Dolphins beat Redskins in Super Bowl VII, 1973

VIETNAM WAR

Westmoreland appointed as Harkins' deputy, 1964

Operation Niagara launched, 1968

WORLD WAR I

South African troops occupy Swakopmund in German Southwest Africa, 1915

WORLD WAR II

Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff established, 1942

Roosevelt and Churchill begin Casablanca Conference, 1943