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 14^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 1, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 482,448 hours 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 15 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 4,407 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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

• 1129 –
  Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
• 1639 –
  The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
• 1784 –
  American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• 1822 –
  Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
• 1911 –
  Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• 1952 –
  NBC’s long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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?

• 1845 –
  5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927)
• 1856 –
  J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)
• 1915 –
  Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
• 1932 –
  Don Garlits, American race car driver
• 1947 –
  Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
• 1956 –
  Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
• 1967 –
  Leonardo “Leo” Ortolani, Italian comic book author
• 1976 –
  Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 1978 –
  Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
• 1979 –
  John Reuben, American hip hop artist

Who died on January 14?

• 1163 –
  Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
• 1235 –
  Saint Sava, Serbian saint (b. 1175)
• 1937 –
  Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)
• 1970 –
  William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
• 1977 –
  Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
• 1978 –
  Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1986 –
  Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
• 2001 –
  Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930)
• 2006 –
  Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
• 2009 –
  Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)