Daily Calendar for Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted – 1639
First successful cesarean operation in the U.S. – 1794
Gideon Hawley became first state school superintendent in the United States (for New York state) – 1813
First nonstop trans-Canada flight completed – 1949
Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio – 1954
Diana Ross sang with the Supremes for the last time, Las Vegas, Nevada – 1970
The first probe to land on Saturn’s moon, Titan, signaled it survived its descent. The Huygens space probe was designed to last only minutes on Titan’s surface, but surpassed the expectations of mission managers. Huygens descended the atmosphere, contacted the surface, and transmitted for at least an hour and a half – 2005
Andean bear Billie Jean gave birth to the first of twin cubs, at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. – 2010
40,000 pounds of liquid chocolate flooded I-40 due to overturned tanker near Flagstaff, Arizona – 2019
A tanker carrying 40,000 pounds (about 3,500 gallons) of 120-degree-F liquid chocolate became unhitched from the main truck and rolled over on westbound Interstate 40, at milepost 211, east of Flagstaff, Arizona. No one was injured. The biodegradable contents of the damaged tanker had to be pumped out onto the median so that the vehicle could be lifted onto a tow truck. It took crews about 4 hours to clean up the river of chocolate before several closed lanes could open once more. – 2019

Blizzard hit Chicago, Illinois – 1918
Burlington, Vermont, received 23.1 inches of snow in 24 hours – 1934
After two weeks of very cold weather, unseasonably warm temperatures accompanied by chinook winds and heavy rains were brought to northern and central Idaho. The catastrophic flooding caused mudslides that blocked and washed out sections of U.S. 95, Idaho’s main north-south highway. With total damage of about $50 million, it was called the worst natural disaster in the state’s history. – 1974
Avalanche near Park City, about 20 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah – 2005