Today is Monday, January 14, the 14th day of 2008. There are 352 days left in the year.
1236 _ English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence
1641 _ United East Indian Company conquerors the city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1783 _ Congress ratifies a peace treaty between the U.S. and England
1784 _ The Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris
1814 _ King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by the treaty of Kiel
1858 _ French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1878 _ The U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1914 _ Henry Ford introduces the assembly line for T-Fords
1950 _ The U.S. recalls all consular officials from China
1954 _ Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star Joe DiMaggio of New York Yankees
1986 _ The Constitution of Guatemala takes effect