Saturday, January 14, 2017

DAY 14 - This day in legal and military history

January 14
 

NATIONAL Dress Up Your Pet Day
 


NATIONAL Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
 

NATIONAL Organize Your Home Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1784 The US ratified a treaty with England to end the Revolutionary War
 

1867 Alfred Nobel makes the first public demonstration of dynamite
 

1943 Franklin D Roosevelt becomes the first US president to fly by airplane while in office
 

1960 Elvis Presley promoted to Sergeant in the US Army
 

1973 The Miami Dolphins have a perfect, undefeated season
 

1990 The Simpsons premiered on television
 

2005 Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
 

2008 Messenger, a NASA spacecraft, flies by Mercury

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