THIS DAY IN HISTORY! THIS DAY IN HAPPY BIRTHDAYS! Today in History: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 AP Highlight in History: Jan 14, 1943: FDR becomes first president to travel by airplane on U.S. official business Previous DayJanuary 14CalendarNext Day On this day in 1943, Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first president to travel on official business by airplane. Crossing the Atlantic by air, Roosevelt flew in a Boeing 314 Flying Boat dubbed the Dixie Clipper to a World War II strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in North Africa. With German U-boats taking a heavy toll on American marine traffic in the Atlantic, Roosevelts advisors reluctantly agreed to send him via airplane. Roosevelt, at a frail 60 years old, gamely made the arduous 17,000-mile round trip. The secret and circuitous journey began on January 11, with the plane stopping several times over four days to refuel and for its passengers to rest. Roosevelt and his entourage left Florida, touched down in the Caribbean, continued down the southern coast of South America to Brazil and then flew across the Atlantic to Gambia. They reached Casablanca on January 14. After a successful meeting with Churchill, as well as some sightseeing and visits to the troops, Roosevelt retraced the route back to the United States, celebrating his 61st birthday somewhere over Haiti. Evelyn Braxton REALITY STAR #14878Most Popular BIRTHDAY January 14, 1948 BIRTHPLACE South Carolina AGE 67 years old BIRTH SIGN Capricorn ABOUT Opera singer and certified life coach who stars on the WE tv reality series Braxton Family Values. BEFORE FAME She grew up in Columbia, South Carolina and moved to Maryland when she was 13 years old where she met her future husband, Michael, and married him at age 18. TRIVIA She went back to school after her daughters were old enough, attending Sojourner College and Bowie State University. FAMILY LIFE She is the mother of Toni Braxton, Tamar Braxton, Towanda Braxton, Traci Braxton, Trina Braxton, and Michael Conrad Braxton Jr. ASSOCIATED WITH Her daughter Traci Braxton was a TV personality previously who had her own show. On Jan. 14, 2011, Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption drove President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali from power after 23 years of iron-fisted rule. AP Photo/Christophe Ena On this date in: 1639 Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted. 1784 The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War. 1898 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote Alices Adventures in Wonderland under the pen name Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford, England, at age 65. 1952 NBCs Today show premiered. Audio Link Audio from the first show 1953 Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the countrys Parliament. 1954 Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall. AP Photo 1963 George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of segregation forever. 1970 Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. 1993 Late-night TV talk show host David Letterman announced he was moving from NBC to CBS. 1994 President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed accords in Moscow to stop aiming missiles at any nation and to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine. 2004 Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence. 2004 J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion. 2004 President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond. 2005 Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees. (He was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.) 2005 A European space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturns moon, Titan. 2008 Republican Bobby Jindal, the first elected Indian-American governor in the United States, took office in Louisiana. Video Highlights of This Day in History Todays Birthdays: Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) turns 46 years old today. AP Photo/Matt Sayles Name Profession Age Jack Jones Singer 77 Allen Toussaint R&B singer, songwriter 77 Julian Bond Civil rights activist 75 Faye Dunaway Actress 74 Holland Taylor Actress 72 T-Bone Burnett Rock singer, producer 67 Carl Weathers Actor 67 Lawrence Kasdan Screenwriter, director 66 Maureen Dowd Columnist 63 Shepard Smith Broadcast journalist (The Fox Report) 51 Emily Watson Actress 48 LL Cool J Rapper, actor 47 Jason Bateman Actor (Arrested Development) 46 Caleb Followill Rock musician (Kings of Leon) 33 Zach Gilford Actor (The Mob Doctor, Friday Night Lights) 33 Director Steven Soderbergh turns 52 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini
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