On this day: January 14
POSTED: 11:12 AM PST Jan 11, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 13, 2013
FDR becomes the first president to fly while in office, Joltin' Joe and Marilyn Monroe elope, Bogie dies, and the Miami Dolphins cap off a perfect season, all on this day.
Library of Congress
1898: Charles Dodgson, the English writer and mathematician who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, dies of pneumonia at the age of 65 in Guildford, Surrey, England. Some of his other best-known works include the "Wonderland" sequel "Through the Looking-Glass," as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky."
