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UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

On Jan. 14, 1954, Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio. The two would divorce less than a year later.

By United Press International
Marilyn Monroe prepares to kiss her husband, former baseball player Joe DiMaggio after their wedding January 15, 1954. File Photo courtesy Macfadden Publications/Wikimedia
1 of 3 | Marilyn Monroe prepares to kiss her husband, former baseball player Joe DiMaggio after their wedding January 15, 1954. File Photo courtesy Macfadden Publications/Wikimedia

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2025 with 351 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Roman general Mark Antony in 83 B.C.; American turncoat Gen. Benedict Arnold in 1741; artist Berthe Morisot in 1841; philosopher/medical missionary/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer in 1875; writer John Dos Passos in 1896; photographer/designer Sir Cecil Beaton in 1904; news commentator Andy Rooney in 1919; drag racing driver Don "Big Daddy" Garlits in 1932 (age 93); musician Jack Jones in 1938; civil rights activist Julian Bond in 1940; actor Faye Dunaway in 1941 (age 84); astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1943 (age 82); actor Holland Taylor in 1943 (age 82); evangelist/actor/musician Marjoe Gortner in 1944 (age 81); journalist Nina Totenberg in 1944 (age 81); musician T. Bone Burnett (Alpha Band) in 1948 (age 77); actor Carl Weathers in 1948; filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan in 1949 (age 76); columnist Maureen Dowd in 1952 (age 73); musician Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche) in 1959 (age 66); filmmaker Steven Soderbergh in 1963 (age 62); TV news anchor Shepard Smith in 1964 (age 61); musician Slick Rick (Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew) in 1965 (age 60); TV producer/actor Dan Schneider in 1966 (age 59); actor Emily Watson in 1967 (age 58); musician Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society/Pantera/Ozzy Osbourne) in 1967 (age 58); musician/actor LL Cool J in 1968 (age 57); actor Jason Bateman in 1969 (age 56); musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana) in 1969 (age 56); actor Kevin Durand in 1974 (age 51); musician Yandel in 1977 (age 48); musician Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon) in 1982 (age 43); actor Zach Gilford in 1982 (age 43); actor Emma Greenwell in 1989 (age 36); actor Grant Gustin in 1990 (age 35); musician Kai (EXO) in 1994 (age 31).

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On this date in history:

In 1794, Dr. Jesse Bennett of Edom, Va., performed the first successful Caesarean section.

In 1907, an earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, killed more than 1,000 people.

In 1935, a semi-official check of voters in the Saar plebiscite indicated that nearly 80 percent were in favor of reunification with Germany. A victory for Adolf Hitler and Nazism.

In 1943, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a 10-day World War II strategy conference in Casablanca, Morocco.

In 1952, NBC's Today premiered. It was the program that started the morning news show format as it is now known.

In 1953, Josip Broz Tito was chosen president of Yugoslavia. He would serve until May 1980.

In 1954, Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio. The two would divorce less than a year later.

In 1963, George Wallace was inaugurated as the governor of Alabama, promising his followers, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"

In 1969, a series of explosions aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise off Hawaii killed 27 men.

In 1993, David Letterman accepted a multimillion-dollar deal to move his late-night talk show to CBS in August after his NBC contract expired.

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In 2005, a U.S. Army reservist, Spc. Charles Graner, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing detainees at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison. Graner, who said he didn't regret his actions, was released from prison after 6 1/2 years.

In 2007, Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the judge who approved the 1982 killing of 148 Shiite men and boys were executed by hanging in Baghdad. Saddam was hanged two weeks earlier.

In 2011, anti-government protesters forced the ouster of Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

In 2020, Ken Jennings won the Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time competition, taking home a $1 million cash prize. He beat out other record-setting Jeopardy! contestants James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter.

In 2024, King Frederik X took the throne of Denmark after the abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II.


A thought for the day: "What is a soul? It's like electricity -- we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room." -- U.S. musician Ray Charles

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