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What happend on 14. January in History
In our data base we found 380 events happened on 14. January:
• 1092: Vratislaus II of Bohemia (b. 1032/5) [category: Deaths]
• 1131: King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182) [category: Births]
• 1163: Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131) [category: Deaths]
• 1235: Saint Sava, Serbian saint (b. 1175) [category: Deaths]
• 1301: King Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265) [category: Deaths]
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• 1301: Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1331: Odoric, Italian explorer (b. 1286) [category: Deaths]
• 1343: Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague. [category: Events]
• 1451: Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist (d. 1522) [category: Births]
• 1477: Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552) [category: Births]
• 1507: Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578) [category: Births]
• 1514: Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. [category: Events]
• 1539: Spain annexes Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1552: Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608) [category: Births]
• 1615: John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1639: The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut. [category: Events]
• 1640: Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578) [category: Deaths]
• 1648: Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian. (b. 1584) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1679: Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
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• 1683: Gottfried Silbermann, German keyboard instrument maker (d. 1753) [category: Births]
• 1684: Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745) [category: Births]
• 1684: Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1699: Jakob Adlung, German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, and music theorist (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1700: Picander, German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig (d. 1764) [category: Births]
• 1701: Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628) [category: Deaths]
• 1705: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786) [category: Births]
• 1724: King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne. [category: Events]
• 1741: Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801) [category: Births]
• 1742: Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656) [category: Deaths]
• 1753: George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. [category: Events]
• 1767: Maria Theresa of Tuscany, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1776: Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1780: Henry Baldwin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1784: American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1786: Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1793: John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1798: Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1800: Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1806: Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1806: Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1814: Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania. [category: Events]
• 1818: Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1819: Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1819: Peter Pindar, English satirist (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis. [category: Events]
• 1824: Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1824: Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox saint (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1841: Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1845: 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1850: Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1850: Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1856: J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1858: Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt. [category: Events]
• 1861: Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1863: Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1867: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French politician and polo player (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1870: Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1872: Greyfriars Bobby, Famous dog (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1882: Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1883: Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1886: Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1887: Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1887: Peter Donders, Dutch Roman Catholic Missionary (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Stephen Heller, Hungarian composer (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1892: Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1892: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, British prince (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1897: Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1898: Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Carlos Romulo, Filipino diplomat and author (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1901: Alfred Tarski, Polish logician and mathematician (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1901: Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1901: Bishop Mandell Creighton, English historian and ecclesiastic (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1904: Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1904: Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1905: Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1905: Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1907: Georges-Émile Lapalme, French-Canadian politician (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1907: Sir James Fergusson, British politician (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. [category: Events]
• 1908: Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1908: Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and dramatist (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1911: Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1911: Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins, Tattoo artist (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1911: Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. [category: Events]
• 1912: Tillie Olsen, American writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1915: Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1915: Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1919: Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1920: Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Kenneth Bulmer, American science fiction writer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1921: Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author [category: Births]
• 1923: Louis Richardet, Swiss sports shooter (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1925: Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1926: Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1926: Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1926: Warren Mitchell, English actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist [category: Births]
• 1928: Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1928: Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1928: Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Caterina Valente, French-born singer [category: Births]
• 1931: Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1932: Don Garlits, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1933: Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: The controversial "Bodyline" cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peak when Australian captain Bill Woodfull is hit in the heart. [category: Events]
• 1934: Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1934: Richard Briers, English actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier [category: Births]
• 1937: Erland Kops, Danish badminton player [category: Births]
• 1937: J. Bernlef, Dutch writer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Ken Higgs, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1937: Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1937: Sonny Siebert, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1937: Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Allen Toussaint, American singer [category: Births]
• 1938: Jack Jones, American singer [category: Births]
• 1938: Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan [category: Births]
• 1938: Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. [category: Events]
• 1940: Julian Bond, American civil rights activist [category: Births]
• 1940: Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1940: Sir Trevor Nunn, English theatre director and film director [category: Births]
• 1941: Barry Jenner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Faye Dunaway, American actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Milan Kučan, Slovenian statesman [category: Births]
• 1942: Dave Campbell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Gerben Karstens, Dutch racing cyclist [category: Births]
• 1942: Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer [category: Births]
• 1942: Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer [category: Births]
• 1943: Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor [category: Births]
• 1943: Shannon Lucid, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign. [category: Events]
• 1944: Graham Marsh, Australian golfer [category: Births]
• 1944: Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist [category: Births]
• 1944: Nina Totenberg, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1945: Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter [category: Births]
• 1945: Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator [category: Births]
• 1945: Heinrich Schroth, German actor (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1947: Beverly Perdue, American politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1947: Taylor Branch, American author and historian [category: Births]
• 1948: Carl Weathers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: John Lescroart, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: T-Bone Burnett, American producer [category: Births]
• 1948: Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1949: Lawrence Kasdan, American director [category: Births]
• 1949: Mary Robison, American writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1949: Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Indian religious leader [category: Births]
• 1950: The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. [category: Events]
• 1951: Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek novelist, journalist and playwright (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania [category: Births]
• 1952: Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1952: Maureen Dowd, American writer [category: Births]
• 1952: Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway. [category: Events]
• 1954: Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. [category: Events]
• 1956: Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor [category: Births]
• 1956: Rosina Lippi, American writer [category: Births]
• 1956: Étienne Daho, French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1957: Anchee Min, Chinese writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Suzanne Danielle, English actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagad guru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. [category: Events]
• 1958: Colin Ferguson, American mass murderer [category: Births]
• 1959: Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensrÿche) [category: Births]
• 1960: The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established. [category: Events]
• 1961: Mike Tramp, Danish singer (White Lion and Freak of Nature) [category: Births]
• 1961: Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1961: Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Michael McCaul, American politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Gert-Jan Theunisse, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1963: Steven Soderbergh, American director [category: Births]
• 1964: Ernest Miller, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1964: Mark Addy, British actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Shepard Smith, American news anchor [category: Births]
• 1965: Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter and folk musician [category: Births]
• 1965: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef [category: Births]
• 1965: Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1965: Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: DJ Paul Elstak, Dutch hardcore/gabber and happy hardcore DJ and record producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Marco Hietala, Finnish vocalist and bassist (Nightwish and Tarot) [category: Births]
• 1966: Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Emily Watson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Kerri Green, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Leonardo "Leo" Ortolani, Italian comic book author [category: Births]
• 1967: Saskia Wickham, British actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society) [category: Births]
• 1967: Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. [category: Events]
• 1968: Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: LL Cool J, American rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Ruel Fox, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1968: Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: David Grohl, American drummer and composer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures) [category: Births]
• 1969: Jason Bateman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people. [category: Events]
• 1970: Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1970: Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist, 2002 Bali Bombings (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1970: William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1972: Dion Forster, South African theologian [category: Births]
• 1972: James Key, British engineer [category: Births]
• 1972: Kyle Brady, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Queen 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. [category: Events]
• 1973: Eva Bes, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1973: Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1973: Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. [category: Events]
• 1974: Brent Hinds, American musician (Mastodon) [category: Births]
• 1974: Kevin Durand, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther". [category: Events]
• 1976: Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Just Blaze, American hip hop producer [category: Births]
• 1978: Shawn Crawford, American sprinter [category: Births]
• 1978: Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Angela Lindvall, American supermodel [category: Births]
• 1979: Evans Soligo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: John Reuben, American hip hop artist [category: Births]
• 1979: Karen Elson, British supermodel [category: Births]
• 1979: Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Byron Leftwich, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Clive Clarke, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Cory Gibbs, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1980: Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model [category: Births]
• 1980: Ossama Haidar, Lebanese soccer player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer [category: Births]
• 1980: Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Rosa López, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1981: John O'Grady, Australian writer (They're a Weird Mob) (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Caleb Followill, American singer (Kings of Leon) [category: Births]
• 1982: Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1984: Brandon Meriweather, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Erick Aybar, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1984: Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player [category: Births]
• 1986: Gary Brolsma, American internet personality [category: Births]
• 1986: Yohan Cabaye, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Douglas Sirk, German-U.S. film director (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Farshad Bashir, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1988: Hakeem Nicks, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Jack P. Shepherd, English actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Mikalah Gordon, American singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Georgy Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Adam Clayton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Frankie Sandford, English singer (S Club 8 and The Saturdays) [category: Births]
• 1989: Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Grant Gustin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Mani Madhava Chakyar, Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Diva Montelaba, Filipina actress, singer and dancer [category: Births]
• 1991: Gordon Bryant, Australian politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Jerry Nolan, American rock drummer (The New York Dolls) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Nimue Smit, Dutch fashion model [category: Births]
• 1992: Robbie Brady, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1995: Sir Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Dollard Ménard, French Canadian general (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Muslimgauze, British musician (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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. [category: Events]
• 2000: A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village. [category: Events]
• 2001: Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The 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. [category: Events]
• 2005: Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan. [category: Events]
• 2006: Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Robert Noortman, Dutch art-dealer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Judah Folkman, American medical scientist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Antonio Fontan, Spanish journalist and politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Petra Schürmann, German model and TV announcer, Miss World 1956 (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. [category: Events]
• 2011: Peter Post, Dutch cyclist and cyclist team manager (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: The former President of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali left and escaped to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for Freedom, Rights and Democracy.. [category: Events]
• 2012: Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lasse Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mircea Ciumara, Romanian politician and former cabinet minister (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Txillardegi, Basque writer and politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Conrad Bain, Canadian-born actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 38_bc: Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman politician and military commander (d. 9 BC) [category: Births]
• 47_bc: Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier and eldest son of Marc Antony (d. 30 BC) [category: Births]
• _: Barba'shmin [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Lee-Jackson Day can fall while January 20 is the latest, celebrated on Friday before Martin Luther King Day. (Commonwealth of Virginia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Felix of Nola [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Macrina the Elder [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Magh Bihu (Assam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maghe Sankranti (Nepal) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Makar Sankranti (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Flag Day (Georgia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Old New Year [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ratification Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Sava [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Pongal, a Tamil New Year. (Tamil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Uttarayan (Uttaranchal, Gujarat and Rajasthan) [category: Holidays and observances]