January 14
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Traditionally the coldest day in Britain
- Feast day of the Martyrs of Mount Sinai
- Makar Sankranti in India
- Feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers
On this day . . .
- Queen Victoria makes the first private telephone call in Britain (1878)
- The first performance of Tosca takes place in Rome (1900)
- The first Gallup opinion poll is published in Britain (1937)
- The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opens in the U.S. (1938)
- The boxer Joe DiMaggio marries Marilyn Monroe (1954)
- The first docking of two manned spacecraft (1969)
- Diana Ross and the Supremes perform their last concert together (1970)
- President George W. Bush announces plans to send astronauts to
the moon, Mars and beyond (2004)
Births
- Dr Albert Schweitzer, French missionary surgeon and Nobel Peace prize winner (1875)
- Hugh Lofting, author of Dr Dolittle (1886)
- Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (1904)
- Faye Dunaway, American actress (1941)
- Steven Soderbergh, American film director (1963)
- Emily Watson, English actress (1967)
- LL Cool J, American rapper and actor (1968
Deaths
- Edmond Halley, English astronomer (1742)
- Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (1898)
- Humphrey Bogart, American actor (1957)
- Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (1984)
- Douglas Sirk, German- American film director (1987)
- Shelley Winters, American actress (2006)