On this day …
January 14, 2015
- In 1724, King Philip V of Spain abdicated the throne.
- In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill began the Casablanca Conference to discuss World War II strategy.
- In 1952, the morning news program Today debuted on NBC, with host Dave Garroway.
- In 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, forming American Motors Corporation.
- In 1972, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascended the throne, becoming the first Queen of Denmark since 1412.
- In 1973, Elvis Presley’s concert Aloha from Hawaii set the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
- In 2005, the Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s moon Titan.
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