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| − | '''January 14''' | + | '''January 14''' in history: | 
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|  | + | * 1639, the "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that | 
|  | + | created a government, is adopted in Connecticut | 
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|  | + | * 1784, during the American Revolutionary War: The United States | 
|  | + | ratifies a peace treaty with England | 
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|  | + | * 1832, American author Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first short | 
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|  | + | "Metzengerstein" | 
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|  | + | * 1858, Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt | 
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|  | + | * 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United | 
|  | + | States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels to meet | 
|  | + | Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and | 
|  | + | study the next phase of the war | 
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|  | + | * 1950, the first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight | 
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|  | + | * 1951, the National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los | 
|  | + | Angeles, California) | 
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|  | + | * 1967, the Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate | 
|  | + | Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people | 
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|  | + | * 1973, Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington | 
|  | + | Redskins. The Dolphins become the first NFL team to go undefeated in a | 
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|  | + | * 1975, teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, | 
|  | + | aka "the Black Panther" | 
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|  | + | * 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin | 
|  | + | sign the Kremlin accords | 
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|  | + | * 1998, Whitewater prosecutors questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton at the | 
|  | + | White House for 10 minutes about the gathering of FBI background files | 
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|  | + | * 2000, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches a record high of | 
|  | + | 11,722.98 | 
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|  | + | * 2003, Kmart Corp. announced its biggest round of cutbacks yet, saying | 
|  | + | it would close 326 more stores and eliminate 37,000 more jobs in hopes | 
|  | + | of getting out of bankruptcy by the end of April 2003. (Kmart emerged | 
|  | + | from Chapter 11 protection in May 2003.) | 
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|  | + | * 2004, the national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", | 
|  | + | was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years | 
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|  | + | [[Category:January]][[Category:Days of the Year]] |