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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 1, 2020 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,316,000 minutes 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 11 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 2,580 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
- 1343 –Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague.
- 1814 –Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- 1933 –The controversial Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine’s England peaks when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit in the heart.
- 1950 –The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- 1954 –Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
- 1954 –The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 1960 –The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country’s central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
- 1978 –The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.
- 1999 –Toronto, 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.
- 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?
- 1741 –Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801)
- 1767 –Maria Theresa of Tuscany, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1827)
- 1780 –Henry Baldwin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
- 1925 –Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
- 1926 –Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1942 –Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
- 1948 –Carl Weathers, American actor
- 1954 –Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
- 1961 –Rob Hall, New Zealan mountaineer (d. 1996)
- 1967 –Emily Watson, English actress
Who died on January 14?
- 1786 –Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1741)
- 1966 –Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1977 –Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
- 1978 –Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1978 –Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
- 1986 –Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
- 1988 –Georgy Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902)
- 1997 –Dollard Ménard, French Canadian general (b. 1913)
- 2001 –Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930)
- 2004 –Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978)
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