Today In History, Jan. 14: Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio
Today is Thursday, Jan. 14.
Today's Highlight in History:
1954: Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio
In 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married at San Francisco City Hall. (The marriage lasted about nine months.)
1784: Treaty of Paris
In 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War; Britain followed suit in April 1784.
1900: "Tosca"
In 1900, Puccini's opera "Tosca" had its world premiere in Rome.
1914: Ford Motor Co.
In 1914, Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assembly-line operation by employing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its Highland Park plant.
1943: Casablanca
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
1989: Ronald Reagan
In 1989, President Ronald Reagan delivered his 331st and final weekly White House radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. I'll miss you."
1994: Bill Clinton & Boris Yeltsin
In 1994, President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed an accord to stop aiming missiles at any nation; the leaders joined Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk in signing an accord to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
2006: Rizgar Mohammed Amin
Ten years ago: The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's trial (Rizgar Mohammed Amin) submitted his resignation (he was succeeded by Raouf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman).
2006: Shelley Winters
Ten years ago: Academy Award-winning actress Shelley Winters died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 85.
2006: U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Ten years ago: Johnny Weir (pictured) won his third straight title at the U.S. Figure Skating championships in St. Louis; Sasha Cohen won the women's division; Michelle Kwan was given a berth on the U.S. Olympic figure skating team.
2011: Reince Priebus
Five years ago: The national Republican Party ousted chairman Michael Steele and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus to lead in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race.
2011: Tucson, Arizona
Five years ago: A funeral was held for U.S. District Judge John Roll, who was killed in the Tucson, Arizona, shooting rampage.
2011: Tunisia
Five years ago: In an unprecedented popular uprising, Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption drove President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali from power after 23 years of iron-fisted rule.
2015: El Capitan
One year ago: A pair of Americans, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, completed what had long been considered the world's most difficult rock climb, using only their hands and feet to scale the 3,000-foot Dawn Wall on El Capitan, the forbidding granite pedestal in Yosemite National Park.
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