"On Jan. 14, 1967, the Summer of Love unofficially began with a Human Be-In involving tens of thousands of young people at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Also on this date: In 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War; Britain followed suit in April. In 1858, Napoleon III survived an assassination attempt by an Italian revolutionary and accomplices who threw explosives at the emperor's carriage as he and wife Eugenie headed to the opera in Paris."
"Though bystanders were killed, the emperor and empress were unharmed and the revolutionary was swiftly captured and later executed. In 1943, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Gen. Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco. In 1952, NBC's Today show premiered, with Dave Garroway as host. In 1963, Democrat George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with the pledge, segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever! It was a view he later repudiated."
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, the 14th day of the year. On Jan. 14, 1784, the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War; Britain ratified in April. In 1858, Napoleon III survived an assassination attempt in Paris that killed bystanders while the emperor and empress escaped unharmed. In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. In 1952, NBC's Today show premiered. In 1963, George Wallace was sworn in as Alabama governor with a segregation pledge he later repudiated. On Jan. 14, 1967, tens of thousands gathered for a Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
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