Today is Monday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2008. There are 352 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2008. There are 352 days left in the year. On this date in 1784, the United States ratifies a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War.

In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut — the “Fundamental Orders” — is adopted. In 1858, French emperor Napoleon III escapes an attempt on his life. In 1900, Puccini’s opera “Tosca” has its world premiere in Rome. In 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle open a wartime conference in Casablanca. In 1952, NBC’s “Today” show premieres, with Dave Garroway as the host, or “communicator,” as he is officially known. In 1953, Josip Broz Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia by the country’s Parliament. In 1963, George C. Wallace is sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of “segregation forever.” In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeat the AFL’s Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super Bowl II. In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise are killed in an explosion that ripped through the ship off Hawaii. In 1970, Diana Ross and the Supremes perform their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.

January 14, 1983: Former astronaut John Glenn is strengthening his unofficial campaign for the 1984 presidential nomination as he moves toward an official launch expected in the spring.

Administration officials say President Reagan will veto a crime bill that would have created a “drug czar” because he is concerned about the cost and about an increase in the government’s drug enforcement bureaucracy.

A lawyer for Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. is asking a federal judge to bar use of all written and oral statements Traficant made to the FBI as evidence in the sheriff’s bribery and tax evasion trial.

January 14, 1968:  Youngstown eliminates the pick-up of trash and burnable rubbish from commercial establishments in the city. Sanitation crews will continue to pick up garbage, but will do so only once a week.

The Kane Armored Car Co. renews its offer of a generous reward for information leading to the apprehension of the robbers who stole an armored car and escaped with loot recently recalculated at $354,767.

The 20th Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture Show opens at the Butler Institute of American Art.

January 14, 1958: Counsel for two steel giants, Bethlehem Steel Corp. and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and the U.S. Department of Justice are preparing voluminous data for a lengthy trial on the government’s suit to block the companies form merging.

Youngstown police are holding five suspected prostitutes and two men without charge for further questioning after they were nabbed in a surprise raid at an E. Federal Street apartment building.

The Organization of Protestant Men issues a call for the Rev. Dr. J.I. Moore, former pastor of Tabernacle United Presbyterian Church, to become associate Protestant chaplain of Youngstown hospitals.

Dr. Wallace R. Brode, 57, a chemistry professor at Ohio State University for 20 years, is named the new science adviser in the State Department and will be responsible for a campaign to match the Soviet Union in science and technology.

January 14, 1933:  Three more open hearth furnaces are due to be fired up in the Youngstown district, bringing operations to 22 percent of capacity, the highest since 1932.

The U.S. embassy in Havana lodges a formal protest with the Cuban government over the censorship of three English language newspapers. Spanish papers have been operating under government censorship for three years.

Albert and Evelyn Hausch, five- and three-year-old children of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hausch of Windham, die in a fire in a barn at their home. Firemen said the children’s bodies were found in a way that indicated that Albert was attempting to lead his little sister to safety. The children’s dog broke loose from his chain and ran into the bar after them and also perished.

Heavy scrap prices increase in Youngstown by 25 cents to $9 per ton.