Thursday, January 14, 2021

History for January 14

History for January 14 - On-This-Day.com
Benedict Arnold 1741
  • 1784 - The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
  • 1873 - John Hyatt's 1869 invention ‘Celluloid’ was registered as a trademark.
  • 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. He flew from Miami, FL, to French Morocco where he met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss World War II.
  • 1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator. The new company was called the American Motors Corporation.
  • 1963 - Democrat George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama.

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