What Happened On This Day – January 14
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2005The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
It was the first ever landing in the outer solar system.
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1967The 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 world.
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1953Tito 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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1943Churchill, 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 nothing less than the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.
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1559Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England
“The Virgin Queen” was the daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII.
Births On This Day,
January 14
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1969Dave Grohl
American singer-songwriter, musician, director
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1963Steven Soderbergh
American director, screenwriter, producer
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1950Rambhadracharya
Indian religious leader
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1875Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate
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1741Benedict Arnold
American/English general
Deaths On This Day,
January 14
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2016Alan Rickman
English actor
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1977Anthony Eden
British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1957Humphrey Bogart
American actor
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1901Mandell Creighton
English bishop, historian
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1898Lewis Carroll
English author