TODAY IN HISTORY

Monday, January  14, 2013 AP Highlight in History: 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 Connecticut's 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 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford, England, at age 65. 1952 NBC's "Today" show premiered. Audio from the first show 1953 Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country's 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 Saturn's 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 Today's Birthdays: Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Matt Sayles Name Profession Age Jack Jones Singer 75 Allen Toussaint R&B singer, songwriter 75 Julian Bond Civil rights activist 73 Faye Dunaway Actress 72 Holland Taylor Actress 70 T-Bone Burnett Rock singer, producer 65 Carl Weathers Actor 65 Lawrence Kasdan Screenwriter, director 64 Maureen Dowd Columnist 61 Shepard Smith Broadcast journalist ("The Fox Report") 49 Emily Watson Actress 46 LL Cool J Rapper, actor 45 Jason Bateman Actor ("Arrested Development") 44 Caleb Followill Rock musician (Kings of Leon) 31 Zach Gilford Actor ("The Mob Doctor," "Friday Night Lights") 31 Director Steven Soderbergh turns 50 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini