On this day 14th January
Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com
Facts
1526 Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders
1641 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malacca, 7,000 killed
1784 US Revolutionary War ends with the US Congress of the Confederation ratifying the Treaty of Paris
1979 US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
2005 Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.
2015 63 people are killed & 70,000 are left homeless after floods devastate Mozambique and Malawi
Deaths
973 Ekkehard I, monk of St Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies
1742 Edmond Halley, English mathematician and astronomer (Halley's comet), dies at 85
1898 Lewis Carroll, English writer (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), dies at 65
1957 Humphrey Bogart, American actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies of cancer of the esophagus at 57
1977 Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1955-57) and Foreign Secretary, dies of liver cancer at 79
1977 Peter Finch, actor (Network, The Nun's Story, Judith), dies at 60
1978 Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906)
1984 Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's), dies of heart failure at 81
2006 Shelley Winters, American actress (Lolita, A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue & Poseidon Adventure), dies at 85
2016 Alan Rickman, English actor (Die Hard, Harry Potter franchise), dies of cancer at 69
Sport
1932 Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
1940 NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7
Films and TV
1972 "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
1973 Dancer Roy Castle is measured at 1,440 taps/min on BBC TV
1976 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
Born on this day
1957 Suzanne Danielle, English actress
1968 LL Cool J, American rapper (Bigger & Deffer), born in Bay Shore, New York
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Kurt Gödel
Shelley Winters
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