What are the important events that happened on January 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 14 is the 14th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 1, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,705,190,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetradecagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 27 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,041 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 14: This 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.
January 14 Historical Events
- 1539 –Spain annexes Cuba.
- 1822 –Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
- 1950 –The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- 1960 –The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country’s central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
- 1967 –Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
- 1969 –An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
- 1998 –An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
- 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.
- 2011 –Stampede near Sabarimala – 104 devotees killed and several others injured in a stampede at Uppupara in Idukki district.
Who were born on January 14?
- 1896 –John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
- 1919 –Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- 1943 –José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer
- 1961 –Mike Tramp, Danish singer (White Lion)
- 1963 –Steven Soderbergh, American director
- 1968 –Ruel Fox, English footballer
- 1970 –Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
- 1972 –Kyle Brady, American football player
- 1984 –Erick Aybar, Professional baseball player
- 1991 –Diva Montelaba, Filipina actress, singer and dancer
Who died on January 14?
- 1331 –Odoric, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
- 1701 –Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (b. 1628)
- 1867 –Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
- 1905 –Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
- 1957 –Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1972 –King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
- 1979 –Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
- 1999 –Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (b. 1933)
- 2004 –Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2005 –Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
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