On this day...

1601 Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome
1639 First Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
1690 Clarinet is invented, in Nuremberg, Germany
1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
1794 First successful Cesarean section in US, Edom, Virginia
1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
1799 King of Naples flees before the advancing French armies
1813 Gideon Hawley becomes first state school superintendent in US (NY)
1814 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1868 SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
1873 "Celluloid" registered as a trademark
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line for cars
1918 Finland & USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1932 First totalisator (i.e., "tote board," to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah
1938 National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (NY)
1939 Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
1943 FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
1946 Two jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
1950 US recalls all consular officials from China
1951 First NFL pro bowl since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27
1952 "Today Show," premiers with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
1953 Yugoslavia elects it's first president (Marshal Tito)
1954 Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star Joe DiMaggio
1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
1961 Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes first NFLer to join the AFL
1964 Jacqueline Kennedy's first public appearance (TV) since assassination
1966 David Bowie releases his first record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
1967 20,000 attend the Human Be-In, San Francisco
1967 NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
1967 Sonny & Cher release "The Beat Goes On"
1968 Super Bowl II-Green Bay Packers-33, Oakland Raiders-14
1969 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
1972 "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premiers on NBC TV
1973 Super Bowl VII-Miami Dolphins-14, Washington Redskins-7
1974 World Football League founded
1976 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1978 Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, San Francisco)
1979 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday

Birthdays which occurred on January 14th:

1615 John Biddle, English minister (Unitarian)
1730 William Whipple, Declaration of Independence signer
1741 Benedict Arnold, US general turned traitor (Revolutionary War)
1791 Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")
1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy)
1818 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories)
1861 Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-1922)
1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit)
1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian (Nobel 1952)
1886 Hugh Lofting, English/American writer & illustrator (Dr. Dolittle)
1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer (1 Million BC)
1904 Sir Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
1906 William Bendix, New York NY, actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley)
1909 Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director (Damned, Accident)
1913 Tillie Olsen, American writer (Tell Me a Riddle)
1920 Andy Rooney, Albany NY, commentator (60 Minutes)
1924 Guy Williams, New York NY, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
1925 Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion)
1926 Thomas Tryon, actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space)
1929 Billy Walker, Ralls TX, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1938 Allen Toussaint, musician (Wild Sign of New Orleans)
1938 Jack Jones, Los Angeles CA, singer (Love Boat Theme)
1941 Faye Dunaway, Florida, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
1941 Marjoe Gortner, Long Beach Ca, actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest)
1943 Ronald Hunter, Boston MA, actor (Lazarus Syndrome)
1948 Carl Weathers, New Orleans LA, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)
1962 Patrica Morrison, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1965 Vanity [Dee Dee Williams], singer/actress (Action Jackson)
1966 Daniel J. Schneider, Memphis TN, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class)
1969 Jason Kent Bateman, Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family)

Deaths which occurred on January 14th:

1742 Edmund Halley, genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 86
1847 Governor Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico
1957 Humphrey Bogart, actor, dies at 57
1984 Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 82
1985 Jetta Goudal, French actress, dies at 86
1986 Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
1988 Georgi M. Malenkov, PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86