January 14

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 14. From 1900 until now. January 14 is under the sign of Capricorn. Famous birthdays on this day include Faye Dunaway (1941), Dave Grohl (1969) and Pitbull (rapper) (1981). Several movies were released around January 14 over the years, such as The Kid in 1921 directed by Charles Chaplin and Donnie Darko in 2001 directed by Richard Kelly.
But much more happened on January 14 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Day of St. Basil the Great in Eastern Orthodoxy, January 1 on the Julian Calendar.
Feast of Divina Pastora, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Makar Sankranti in India. The event is marked by flying kites. Also Pongal in South India.
New Year's Day in Eastern Orthodoxy, see Julian Calendar.
Festum Asinorum, medieval burlesque festival celebrating the Flight into Egypt.
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Events

2019 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A suicide bomber kills four people and wounds over 100 others in a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AlJazeera)
2018 Palestinian tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip, Blockade of the Gaza Strip: The Israel Defense Forces report the complete destruction of an underground tunnel dug by Hamas under the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel shut down the crossing before its jets bombed the tunnel opening in Gaza Saturday night. The crossing remains closed. (Ynetnews), (CNN)
2017 Battle of Mosul (2016–17): Iraqi forces capture parts of Mosul University and several areas along the Tigris River from Islamic State militants. (Al Jazeera), (Reuters)
2016 2016 Jakarta attacks: Bomb blasts and gunfire are reported in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. At least seven deaths have been reported. (ABC News Australia), (AP), (The Australian), (Reuters)Indonesian police suspect Islamic State militants are responsible for the attacks with five attackers reported dead. (AP), (AFP via Channel News Asia)
2015 A bomb destroys a transmission tower in Pagalungan leaving much of the Philippine provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato without power. (Rappler)
2014 Mexican Drug War: Communitary forces take several towns in Mexican state of Michoacán trying to expel the Knights Templar Cartel forces, and prompting the intervention of Mexican Army against them.(CNN)
2013 Syrian civil war:: Government forces conduct air raids against rebels south of Damascus, as well as in Aleppo, with local observers reporting dozens of deaths, including children. (Al Jazeera)At least 57 countries submit a petition to the UN Security Council, calling on it to refer the conflict to the International Criminal Court for a pending war crimes investigation. (Al Jazeera)
2012 A suicide bomber kills at least 53 people and injures more than 130 in the Iraqi city of Basra. (CNN)
2011 Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure.
2010 India celebrates the Thai Pongal, Makar Sankranti and Magh Bihu harvest festivals in places around the country (Palayamkottai, Haridwar). (The Hindu)
2009 American apparel chain Goody's files for bankruptcy to liquidate its remaining 282 stores.
2008 Alvaro Colom is sworn in as President of Guatemala. (AP via Google News)
2007 The Red Crystal is recognized as an official symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. (BBC)
2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Johnny Weir wins his third consecutive gold medal in the men's competition. (USFSA.org)
2005 Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.
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.
2003 War on Terrorism: Three more suspects have been arrested in Manchester in England in connection with the investigation into ricin found in London, although it now appears as though the raid was initially carried out as the pursuance of an investigation into immigration issues. A Special Branch police officer, Stephen Oake, was fatally stabbed during the arrests, and three other officers were also injured, one seriously. This brings the total of those arrested to fourteen.
2002 The asylum case of Adelaide Abankwah is heard in New York.
2000 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98, a level never reached before (the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
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.
1998 100th episode of Ellen, airs
1996 Holiday closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 49 performances
1995 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards.
1994 Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
1993 Anna Christie opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances
1991 Barbara DeAngelis Show premieres on CBS-TV
1990 Simpsons premiered on Fox-TV
1989 Romance / Romance closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 297 performances
1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1986 Vinicio Cerezo becomes the second freely elected President of Guatemala since the US Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored coup in 1954.
1985 Sixteen indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees.
1984 Madonna 1st sings Holiday on American Bandstand
1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1980 Blues Brothers movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens
1979 US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday.
1978 January 15 ampndash The body of former U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda, following his death from cancer.
1977 Ana?s Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at age 73.
1976 Bionic Woman with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1975 USSR breaks trade agreement with US.
1974 World Football League founded.
1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California
1972 Sanford & Son starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs.
1970 Diana Ross amp The Supremes perform their farewell live concert together at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Ross's replacement, Jean Terrell, is introduced onstage at the end of the last show.
1969 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers.
1968 Soyuz 4 launched
1967 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments.
1965 The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
1964 Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 versus England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
1963 George C Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!".
1962 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30.
1961 Chicago Bears' Willard Dewveall becomes first NFL player to join the AFL.
1960 US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
1957 Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti".
1954 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
1953 WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Today Show premieres with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
1951 NFL Pro Bowl: first since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27.
1950 As the Girls Go closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 420 performances
1949 Black / Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1946 The United States announces its total expenditure during the war: US$200 billion.
1944 Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum / Wolchow
1943 FDR andWinston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WWII
1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo.
1941 WWII: Commerce raiding ''hilfskreuzer Pinguin'' captures the Norwegian whaling fleet near Bouvet Island, effectively ending Southern Ocean whaling for the duration of the war.
1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers.
1939 All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends
1938 National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (New York).
1936 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America.
1935 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use.
1933 The controversial Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peaks when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit in the heart.
1932 Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
1929 Afghan King Amanullah is forced to resign.
1927 Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs. New York Rangers
1924 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy.
1919 John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants.
1918 Finland and the USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks.
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords.
1911 Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
1908 Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut versus England Adelaide (116).
1907 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
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