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What happened in history on this day: January 14?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 14 in ...
- 1993 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer looking very much like a 1984 Apple Macintosh is shown.
- 1997 - Corel announces it has licenced Netscape Communicator to integrate it with Wordperfect Suite 8 and Corel Office Professional 8.
- 2003 - Intel introduces the 2.4 GHz Pentium 4-M processor for portable computers. Price is US$562 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Intel introduces the 2 GHz mobile Celeron processor. Price is US$149 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Intel introduces the 900 and 933 MHz Pentium III-M low-power mobile processors.
- 2003 - Intel introduces the 800 and 866 MHz Celeron low-power mobile processors.
- 1926 - Disney ships the Alice Comedy film Alice's Little Parade to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1949 - The Pluto film Pueblo Pluto is released. Mickey Mouse also appears.
- 1955 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film No Hunting to theaters.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, part two.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Way Down Cellar, part two.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring The Mystery of Dracula's Castle, part two.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Donovan's Kid, part two.
- 1990 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, entitled Exile.
- 1994 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Iron Will to theaters.
- 1997 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Phenomenon on videocassette in the US for US$100.71, and laser disk for US$39.99.
- 1966 - A special development L88 Corvette is built at the St. Louis assembly plant, destined for the Roger Penske racing team.
- 1972 - General Motors ships the chassis of the XP-987GT rotary-engined prototype Corvette to Pininfarina, in Turin, Italy, for construction of the car's body.
- 2006 - In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over nine days. Two 2006 Corvettes are on display.
- 1935 - The British Cabinet decides the Rhineland is not a vital British interest.
- 1940 - Belgian troops at the southwest border and in the Ardennes area are forbidden to fire on French or English troops.
- 1943 - The British Air Ministry directs Bomber Command to begin night attacks on German submarine bases.
- 1943 - (evening) 122 British Bombers attack German submarine bases at Lorient.
- 1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt meet at Casablanca, Morocco, over eleven days. The decision is made to attack the island of Sicily. British Bomber Command is directed to focus on submarine bases on the Biscay coast in the short term, and submarine construction yards as long term targets.
- 1945 - British bombers conclude three air raids over two days on rail targets at Saarbrücken, Germany. 568 sorties are flown, dropping 1660 tons of bombs. Only one plane is shot down.
- 1945 - (evening) 587 British bombers attack an oil plant at Leuna, Germany.
- 1946 - Commander of the Canadian occupation force in Germany, Major-General Chris Vokes, commutes the death sentence of Kurt Meyer to life in prison.
- 1946 - In Melbourne, Australia, a war crimes court sentences Japanese Admiral Hamanaka to death for the murder of an Australian prisoner in June 1945.
- 1946 - The United States announces its total expenditure during the war: US$200 billion.
- 1946 - The Soviet-Polish border treaty of August 1945 is ratified by the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union.
- 1954 - The government of Canada agrees to commute the life sentences of Kurt Meyer and Johann Neitz to 14 years.
- 1993 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Casablanca Conference.
- 2005 - Tuvalu issues five postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The episode title, "Pokey Mom" is a reference to the Nintendo Pokémon video game characters.
- 2003 - Sony CEA releases The Getaway video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US. Price is US$49.99.
- 1801 - Britain threatens to seize Swedish, Russian, and Danish ships trading with France.
- 1814 - By the Treaty of Kiel, peace with Denmark is concluded. Danish King Frederik cedes to the king of Sweden and his successors the kingdom of Norway. Denmark is to receive 1 million riksdaler and the province of Pomerania. Sweden is to pay Norway's per-capita share of Denmark's national debt. Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe islands are retained by Denmark.
- 1963 - The Minister of Finance announces the selection of the design for the reverse of the 1964 silver dollar. Dinko Vodanovic wins $1000 for his design. Four others are awarded $250 each.
- 1988 - A Royal proclamation specifies the design of the 1988 $1 silver coin and the $1 bronze-plated nickel coin. The silver dollar commemorates the 250th anniversary of the first industrial refinery in Canada, the Saint-Maurice Ironworks. The nickel dollar continues the loon design.
- 2009 - Taisei Coins Corporation, authorized distributor of the Royal Canadian Mint's Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games commemorative coins in Japan, introduces Mint coins at the Canadian Embassy to Japan.
- 1908 - Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut versus England Adelaide (116).
- 1919 - John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants.
- 1927 - Toronto Maple Leafs first hat trick (Hap Day) versus New York Rangers.
- 1940 - Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers.
- 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7.
- 1943 - Alex Smart (Montréal) is first NHL player to score hat trick in his first game.
- 1951 - NFL Pro Bowl: first since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27.
- 1961 - Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the AFL.
- 1962 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30.
- 1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1964 - Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 versus England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
- 1968 - Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Bart Starr, quarterback.
- 1971 - John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs.
- 1973 - Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins, 14-7 in Los Angeles, California; Most Valuable Player: Jake Scott, Safety.
- 1974 - World Football League founded.
- 1975 - Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 metres.
- 1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves.
- 1985 - Martina Navratilova is third to win 100 tennis tournaments (Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert).
- 1987 - Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1994 - Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61 metres).
- 1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions.
- 2002 - Barry Bonds agrees to a five-year, $90 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
- 2007 - The Toronto Blue Jays and first baseman Lyle Overbay agree to a four-year contract worth $24 million to stay in Toronto.
- 2008 - The Board of Control for Cricket in India sells broadcasting rights to the Indian Premier league for US$1 billion.
- 1969 - Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later.
- 1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-17 lands.
- 2005 - The Huygens probe lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
- 2008 - The U.S. space agency's MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) probe passes about 126 miles over Mercury. This is the first spacecraft since 1975 to fly past the planet.
- 1952 - Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26.
- 1967 - Earthquake in Sicily kills 231.
- 1976 - In the Kermadec Islands, magnitude 7.8 and 8.2 earthquakes occur, under an hour apart.
- 1978 - In Southern Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. Considerable damage in the area, including many landslides, and damage is estimated at about US$76 million.
- 2000 - In Yunnan, China, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. Seven people are killed, 2,528 injured, and 92,479 are left homeless. More than 41,000 houses are destroyed in central Yunnan Province.
Other history:
- 1914 - Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for Model T Ford cars.
- 2000 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98, a level never reached before (the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
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