Today in History 1/14

1539: Spain annexes Cuba.
1639: The Fundamental Orders, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
1741: Benedict Arnold is born.
1761: The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between the Afghans and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory severely weakened the Mughal Empire and paved the way for the British Raj.
1784: The US ratifies a peace treaty with England.
1832: Edgar Allen Poe publishes his first story, "Metzengerstein."
1875: Albert Schweitzer is born.
1886: Hugh Lofting is born. He is the creator of Dr. Doolittle.
1892: Hal Roach is born.
1898: Lewis Carroll is born.
1906: William Bendix is born.
1915: Mark Goodson, game show producer, is born.
1919: Andy Rooney is born.
1924: Guy Robinson is born - he played the Dad on Lost in Space.
1941: Faye Dunaway is born.
1943: Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchil begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy for the next phase of the war.
1944: Nina Totenberg is born.
1948: T-Bone Burnett is born.
1948: Carl Weathers is born. He was never funnier as the grifting, penny-pinching version of himself on Arrested Development.
1957: Humphrey Bogart dies.
1963: George C. Wallace is sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of "segregation forever."
1968: LL Cool J is born. Check him out in the godawful genetically-enhanced super-smart shark movie Deep Blue Sea. You will believe that super-smart sharks can operate machinery.
1969: Jason Bateman is born. He was also never funnier than as the put-upon scion of the Bluth family in Arrested Development.
1950: The MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
1952: The Today Show premieres on NBC.
1978: Blossom Rock dies. She is best known for playing Grandmama on the old Addams Family TV show.
1986: Donna Reed dies.
1993: David Letterman announces he is moving to CBS.
2006: Shelley Winters dies.