Today in History for 14th January 2017:
Historical Events
1814 – King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1822 – Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
1914 – The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement is reached between Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi, regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters
1936 – L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America
1957 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher)
1969 – Matt Busby retires from Manchester United
Famous Birthdays
1705 – Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet, governor (Reunion Is)
1903 – Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter)
1930 – Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan, composer
1943 – Holland Taylor, actress (Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1969 – Jason Kent Bateman, Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family)
1986 – Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
Famous Deaths
1889 – Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
1901 – Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78
1908 – Holger Drachmann, writer, dies
1943 – Adolf Sandberger, composer, dies at 78
1981 – John O’Grady, Australian writer (Nino Culotta) (b. 1907)
1984 – Paul Ben Haim, composer, dies at 86