Once Upon A Time – Jan. 14 – 1724 – Spanish King Philip V Abdicates Throne

1526 Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders.

1641 United East Indian Company conquers city of Malacca, 7,000 killed

1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne.

1761 Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the century, the mostly Muslim Afghani Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in Northern India. An estimated 60,000–70,000 were killed in the fighting and about 40,000 Maratha prisoners massacred afterwards.

1784 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, and forwards it to Great Britain.

2011 Tunisian president Ben Ali, flees to Saudi Arabia after popular protests known as the Jasmine Revolution.

HISTORICAL EVENTS TODAY

TODAY IN FILM & TV

1952 “Today Show” premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV.

TODAY IN MUSIC

1900 Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Tosca” premieres in Rome.

TODAY IN SPORT

1898 Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground).

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1794 Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife.

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1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel overseas by airplane.