What happened on January 14? There are more than 324 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About January 14
January 14 is the 14th day of the year 2024. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 2nd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Mobile, Alabama 36695 sunrise occured at 06:49 AM and sunset occured at 05:14 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Capricorn. The modern birthstone for this month is Garnet while the mystical birthstone is Emerald.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 27 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024).
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January 14: A Day In History
It is celebrated as New Year’s Day (at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) by countries still following the Julian calendar.
Historical Events For January 14
- 1129Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- 1301Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
- 1343Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague.
- 1514Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
- 1539Spain annexes Cuba.
- 1639The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
- 1724King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- 1761The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changes the course of Indian History.
- 1784American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
- 1814Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- 1822Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
- 1858Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
- 1907An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- 1911Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
- 1933The controversial Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine’s England peaks when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit in the heart.
- 1938Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- 1943World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
- 1943World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
- 1943World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
- 1950The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- 1952NBC’s long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
- 1954Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
- 1954The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 1960The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country’s central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
- 1967Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
- 1969An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
- 1972Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
- 1973Elvis Presley’s concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
- 1975Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka “the Black Panther”.
- 1978The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.
- 1998An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
- 1999Toronto, Ontario Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.
- 2000A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
- 2004The national flag of The Republic of Georgia, the so-called “five cross flag”, is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
- 2005Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn’s moon Titan.
- 2011Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure.
- 2011Stampede near Sabarimala – 104 devotees killed and several others injured in a stampede at Uppupara in Idukki district.
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Who Were Born On January 14?
- 83 BCMarcus Antonius, Roman politician (d. 30 BC)
- 1131King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
- 1451Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist (d. 1522)
- 1477Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
- 1507Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
- 1551Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
- 1615John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
- 1684Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
- 1684Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
- 1702Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
- 1705Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786)
- 1741Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801)
- 1767Maria Theresa of Tuscany, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1827)
- 1780Henry Baldwin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
- 1792Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
- 1793John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
- 1798Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872)
- 1800Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
- 1806Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
- 1806Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
- 1818Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898)
- 1824Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
- 1836Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
- 1841Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
- 18455th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927)
- 1850Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor (d. 1925)
- 1850Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
- 1856J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)
- 1861Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
- 1863Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
- 1870Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
- 1875Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1882Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
- 1883Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970)
- 1886Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
- 1887Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972)
- 1892Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992)
- 1892Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
- 1896John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
- 1897Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
- 1899Carlos Romulo, Filipino diplomat and author (d. 1985)
- 1901Alfred Tarski, Polish logician and mathematician (d. 1983)
- 1901Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1904Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (d. 1939)
- 1904Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1904Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
- 1905Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
- 1906William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1907Georges-Émile Lapalme, French-Canadian politician (d. 1985)
- 1908Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934)
- 1909Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
- 1911Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998)
- 1911Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’Collins, Tattoo artist (d. 1973)
- 1912Tillie Olsen, American writer (d. 2007)
- 1914Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002)
- 1915Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
- 1917Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988)
- 1919Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011)
- 1919Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- 1921Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
- 1924Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1925Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
- 1925Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
- 1926Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1926Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1926Warren Mitchell, English actor
- 1927Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist
- 1928Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984)
- 1928Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
- 1928Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
- 1931Caterina Valente, French-born singer
- 1931Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009)
- 1932Don Garlits, American race car driver
- 1933Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- 1934Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1934Richard Briers, English actor
- 1935Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier
- 1937Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
- 1937Ken Higgs, English cricketer
- 1937Shoban Babu, Indian actor
- 1937Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
- 1938Allen Toussaint, American singer
- 1938Jack Jones, American singer
- 1938Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1940Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
- 1940Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
- 1940Sir Trevor Nunn, English theatre director and film director
- 1941Barry Jenner, American actor
- 1941Faye Dunaway, American actress
- 1941Milan Kučan, Slovenian statesman
- 1942Dave Campbell, American baseball player
- 1942Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
- 1943José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer
- 1943Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
- 1943Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
- 1944Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
- 1944Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
- 1944Nina Totenberg, American journalist
- 1945Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
- 1945Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator
- 1946Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
- 1947Beverly Perdue, American politician
- 1947Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
- 1947Taylor Branch, American author and historian
- 1948Carl Weathers, American actor
- 1948John Lescroart, American author
- 1948T-Bone Burnett, American producer
- 1948Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981)
- 1949Lawrence Kasdan, American director
- 1949Mary Robison, American writer
- 1949Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
- 1950Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Indian Hindu religious leader
- 1952Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, ex-Prime Minister of Romania
- 1952Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and football manager
- 1952Maureen Dowd, American writer
- 1952Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
- 1954Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
- 1954Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1954Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
- 1956Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
- 1956Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
- 1956Rosina Lippi-Green (Rosina Lippi, Sara Donati), U.S.American writer.
- 1957Anchee Min, Chinese writer
- 1957Suzanne Danielle, English actress
- 1959Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensrÿche)
- 1961Mike Tramp, Danish singer (White Lion)
- 1961Rob Hall, New Zealan mountaineer (d. 1996)
- 1962Michael McCaul, American politician
- 1963Steven Soderbergh, American director
- 1964Ernest Miller, American wrestler
- 1964Mark Addy, British actor
- 1964Shepard Smith, American news anchor
- 1965Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter and folk musician
- 1965Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
- 1965Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
- 1965Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
- 1966Marco Hietala, Finnish vocalist and bassist
- 1967Emily Watson, English actress
- 1967Kerri Green, American actress
- 1967Leonardo “Leo” Ortolani, Italian comic book author
- 1967Saskia Wickham, British actress
- 1967Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
- 1968Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
- 1968LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
- 1968Ruel Fox, English footballer
- 1968Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
- 1969David Grohl, American drummer and composer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures)
- 1969Jason Bateman, American actor
- 1970Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
- 1970Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
- 1971Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
- 1971Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
- 1972Dion Forster, South African theologian
- 1972James Key, British engineer
- 1972Kyle Brady, American football player
- 1972Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
- 1973Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
- 1974Brent Hinds, American musician (Mastodon)
- 1974Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
- 1976Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
- 1977Narain Karthikeyan, Indian racecar driver
- 1978Just Blaze, American hip hop producer
- 1978Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
- 1979Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
- 1979Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
- 1979John Reuben, American hip hop artist
- 1979Karen Elson, British supermodel
- 1980Byron Leftwich, American football player
- 1980Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
- 1980Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
- 1980Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model
- 1980Ossama Haidar, Lebanese soccer player
- 1980Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
- 1981Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football player
- 1981Rosa López, Spanish singer
- 1982Caleb Followill, American singer (Kings of Leon)
- 1982Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
- 1982Victor Valdes, Spanish goalkeeper
- 1983Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
- 1983Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
- 1983Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
- 1984Brandon Meriweather, American football player
- 1984Erick Aybar, Professional baseball player
- 1984Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
- 1985Shawn Sawyer, Canadian Figure Skater
- 1986Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
- 1986Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
- 1986Gary Brolsma, American internet celebrity
- 1988Hakeem Nicks, American football player
- 1988Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
- 1988Mikalah Gordon, American singer
- 1989Frankie Sandford, English singer (The Saturdays)
- 1989Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
- 1989Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
- 1991Diva Montelaba, Filipina actress, singer and dancer
- 1992Nimue Smit, Dutch fashion model
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Who Died On January 14?
- 1092Vratislaus II of Bohemia (b. 1032/5)
- 1163Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
- 1235Saint Sava, Serbian saint (b. 1175)
- 1301King Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
- 1331Odoric, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
- 1640Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
- 1676Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
- 1679Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- 1701Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)
- 1742Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)
- 1753George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685)
- 1776Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (b. 1713)
- 1786Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
- 1786Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1741)
- 1788François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
- 1819Peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738)
- 1824Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
- 1825George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
- 1833Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox saint (b. 1759)
- 1867Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
- 1872Greyfriars Bobby, Famous dog (b. 1856)
- 1888Stephen Heller, Hungarian composer (b. 1813)
- 1889Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
- 1892Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, British prince (b. 1864)
- 1898Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832)
- 1901Bishop Mandell Creighton, English historian and ecclesiastic (b. 1843)
- 1901Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
- 1905Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
- 1907Sir James Fergusson, British politician (b. 1832)
- 1908Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and dramatist (b. 1846)
- 1915Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
- 1920John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)
- 1923Zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)
- 1937Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)
- 1942Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883)
- 1945Heinrich Schroth, German actor (b. 1871)
- 1949Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
- 1951Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek novelist, journalist and playwright (b. 1867)
- 1952Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
- 1957Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1961Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
- 1965Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
- 1966Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
- 1966Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1968Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885)
- 1970William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1972King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
- 1976Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
- 1977Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903)
- 1977Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
- 1977Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
- 1978Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1978Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899)
- 1978Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1978Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
- 1979Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
- 1980Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
- 1981John O'Grady, Australian writer (They're a Weird Mob) (b. 1907)
- 1984Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 1986Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
- 1986Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1987Douglas Sirk, German-U.S. film director (b. 1900)
- 1988Georgy Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902)
- 1990Mani Madhava Chakyar, Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
- 1991Gordon Bryant, Australian politician (b. 1914)
- 1991Jerry Nolan, American rock drummer (The New York Dolls) (b. 1946)
- 1995Sir Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
- 1997Dollard Ménard, French Canadian general (b. 1913)
- 1999Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (b. 1933)
- 1999Muslimgauze, British musician (b. 1961)
- 2001Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
- 2001Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930)
- 2003Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
- 2004Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2004Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2004Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978)
- 2005Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2005Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
- 2005Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923)
- 2005Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
- 2006Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
- 2006Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
- 2006Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
- 2006Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2007Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (b. 1924)
- 2007Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- 2007Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer (b. 1934)
- 2008Judah Folkman, American medical scientist (b. 1933)
- 2009Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin (b. 1937)
- 2009Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
- 2010Petra Schürmann, German model and TV announcer, Miss World 1956 (b. 1935)
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