TODAY IN HISTORY - JANUARY 14TH

1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947) is born.

1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.

1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992) is born.

1920 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864) dies.

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.

1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.

1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer is born.

1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.

1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899) dies.

1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor is born.

1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer is born.

1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

1999 – Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.

2015 – Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson completed the first-ever free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

2016 – Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946) dies.