Today in History - History - January 14th

1914Henry Ford introduces an assembly line for Model T

1900Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome

1501Martin Luther, age 17, enters the University of Erfurt.

1960US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant

1914The 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

2001Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing.'

1864General Sherman begins his march to the South

1799Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets

1984Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand

1998Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge

1941[Dorothy] Faye Dunaway, Bascom Fl, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)

83 BCMark Antony [Marcus Antonius], Rome, Roman Politician and General (Battle of Actium) (d. 30 BC)

1968LL Cool J, [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer)

1741Benedict Arnold, Norwich Connecticut, US general turned traitor (American Revolutionary War)

1930Author John Steinbeck (27) weds Carol Henning in Los Angeles, California

1954NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio weds actress Marilyn Monroe (27) in her 2nd marraige at San Francisco City Hall

1980Actor Samuel L. Jackson (31) weds sports channel producer LaTanya Richardson (30)

2012Pink Floyd vocalist George Roger Waters (68) weds filmmaker Laurie Durning

2006Rapper Eminem marries Kimberly Anne Scott for the 2nd time

1974US Senator Bill Bradley (30) weds professor Ernestine Schlant

1898Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65

1984Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 81