On this day, Jan. 14
1784 The United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War; Britain followed suit in April.
1914 Ford Motor Co. greatly improved its assembly-line operation by employing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its Highland Park, Michigan, plant.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
1952 NBC’s “Today” show premiered, with Dave Garroway as host.
1954 Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married at San Francisco City Hall.
1963 George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with the pledge, “Segregation forever!” — a view he later repudiated.
1964 Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in a brief televised address, thanked Americans for their condolences and messages of support following the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, nearly two months earlier.
1967 The Sixties’ “Summer of Love” unofficially began with a “Human Be-In” involving tens of thousands of young people at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
1970 Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1975 The House Internal Security Committee (formerly the House Un-American Activities Committee) was disbanded. 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. 2010 President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid. 2013 Cyclist Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey during a videotaped interview that he’d used performanceenhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
2022 The Australian government revoked the visa of tennis star Novak Djokovic for a second time as he fought to stay in the country and compete in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19.
Today’s birthdays: Blues singer Clarence Carter, 87. Singer Jack Jones, 86. Actor Faye Dunaway, 83. Actor Holland Taylor, 81. Actor Carl Weathers, 76. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett, 76. Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan, 75. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd, 72. Rock singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche), 65. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh, 61. Actor Mark Addy, 60. Former Fox News Channel anchorman Shepard Smith, 60. Actor/producer Dan Schneider, 60. Rapper Slick Rick, 59. Actor Emily Watson, 57. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes, 57. Rock musician Zakk Wylde, 57. Rapperactor LL Cool J, 56. Actor Jason Bateman, 55. Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), 55. Actor Kevin Durand, 50. Actor Jordan Ladd, 49. Actor Ward Horton, 48. Actor Emayatzy Corinealdi, 44. Retro-soul singer-songwriter Marc Broussard, 42. Rock singer-musician Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon), 42. Actor Zach Gilford, 42. Actor Jake Choi, 39. Actor Jonathan Osser, 35. Actor-singer Grant Gustin (“Glee”), 34. Singer/ guitarist Molly Tuttle, 31.