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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 1, 2021 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 447,384 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.
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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 29 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 2,946 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
- 1301 –Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
- 1514 –Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
- 1761 –The 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.
- 1814 –Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- 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.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
- 1954 –The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on January 14?
- 1845 –5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927)
- 1919 –Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- 1921 –Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
- 1943 –José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer
- 1943 –Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
- 1948 –T-Bone Burnett, American producer
- 1972 –Kyle Brady, American football player
- 1972 –Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
- 1988 –Mikalah Gordon, American singer
- 1989 –Frankie Sandford, English singer (The Saturdays)
Who died on January 14?
- 1235 –Saint Sava, Serbian saint (b. 1175)
- 1331 –Odoric, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
- 1776 –Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (b. 1713)
- 1905 –Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
- 1966 –Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1978 –Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1979 –Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
- 1987 –Douglas Sirk, German-U.S. film director (b. 1900)
- 2006 –Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
- 2009 –Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
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