Today in History
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1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England
“The Virgin Queen” was the daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII.
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1943 Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle meet in Casablanca to discuss their WWII strategy
During the secret Casablanca Conference, the leaders agreed that the allied forces would accept noth
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1953 Tito becomes President of Yugoslavia
The authoritarian leader became a unifying symbol in his country and is still known by many today.
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1967 The Summer of Love is launched with the Human Be-In
San Francisco was the epicenter of the Hippie Revolution, which soon influenced cultures around the
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2005 The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
It was the first ever landing in the outer solar system.
Births On This Day,
January, 14
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1969 Dave Grohl
American singer-songwriter, musician, director
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1963 Steven Soderbergh
American director, screenwriter, producer
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1950 Rambhadracharya
Indian religious leader
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1875 Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate
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1741 Benedict Arnold
American/English general
Deaths On This Day,
January, 14
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2016 Alan Rickman
English actor
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1977 Anthony Eden
British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1957 Humphrey Bogart
American actor
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1901 Mandell Creighton
English bishop, historian
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1898 Lewis Carroll
English author