Notable Historical Events on January 14th
January 14th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
3102 |
Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. |
BC AD | |
1129 |
Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. |
1301 |
Andrew III of Hungary (1290-1301) dies at 50, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary. |
1501 |
Martin Luther, age 17, enters the University of Erfurt. |
1514 |
Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. |
1526 |
Charles V & Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy & Flanders |
1539 |
Spain annexes Cuba. |
1601 |
Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books |
1639 |
1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow |
1641 |
United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed |
1659 |
Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish |
1690 |
Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany |
1699 |
Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches" |
1717 |
German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam |
1724 |
Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne |
1739 |
England and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo |
1746 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow [OS=Jan 3] |
1784 |
US Revolutionary War ends; US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris |
1785 |
Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10) |
1794 |
Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife |
1799 |
Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets |
1799 |
King of Naples flees before advancing French armies |
1813 |
Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY) |
1814 |
King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel |
1822 |
Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti. |
1858 |
French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed |
1861 |
Fort Pikens, Florida, falls into state hands (US Civil War) |
1863 |
Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana |
1864 |
Battle of Cosby Creek, TN |
1864 |
General Sherman begins his march to the South |
1868 |
NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh |
1868 |
SC constitutional convention meets with a black majority |
1873 |
"Celluloid" registered as a trademark |
1873 |
P B S Pinchback elected to Senate |
1874 |
I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature |
1878 |
US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional |
1897 |
6,960 m (22,834 ft) Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed |
1898 |
Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground) |
1900 |
Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome |
1905 |
Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC |
1907 |
An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. |
1908 |
Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut v Eng Adelaide (116) |
1909 |
Coöp. Far. Central Management forms |
1912 |
Raymond Poincaré becomes premier of France |
1914 |
Henry Ford introduces an assembly line for Model T |
1914 |
The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement is reached between Gen. J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi,regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters |
1916 |
Dutch Zuiderzee dyke cracks |
1918 |
Finland & USSR adopt New Style (Gregorian) calendar |
1919 |
John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, & Judge MCQuade buy NY Giants |
1924 |
Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy |
1925 |
Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin |
1927 |
Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers |
1929 |
Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign |
1932 |
1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah |
1932 |
Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race |
1935 |
Iraq-Mediterranean oil pipeline goes into use |
1936 |
L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America |
1938 |
National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY) |
1939 |
All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends |
1939 |
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica |
1940 |
Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers |
1940 |
NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7 |
1942 |
Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo |
1943 |
Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game |
1943 |
FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II |
1943 |
Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw |
1944 |
Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow |
1945 |
In Greece, Communists and the British agree to a cease-fire in the struggle to control Athens (and with it Greece) |
1946 |
2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed |
1949 |
Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die |
1950 |
"As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 420 perfs |
1950 |
US recalls all consular officials from China |
1951 |
NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 |
1952 |
"Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV |
1952 |
Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends |
1952 |
Snowstorm in Sierra Nevada kills 26 |
1953 |
Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester |
1953 |
WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1953 |
Yugoslavia elects its 1st president (Marshal Tito) |
1954 |
Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London |
1954 |
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. |
1955 |
Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Phila |
1956 |
Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad |
1956 |
Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti" |
1960 |
Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded |
1960 |
US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant |
1961 |
Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL |
1962 |
NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30 |
1963 |
George C Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" |
1964 |
14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston |
1964 |
Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 v England, 21 maiden overs in a row |
1964 |
Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination |
1966 |
David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me) |
1967 |
20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF |
1967 |
Earthquake in Sicily kills 231 |
1967 |
NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments |
1967 |
Sonny & Cher release "Beat Goes On" |
1968 |
Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB |
1969 |
25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers |
1969 |
Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later |
1969 |
An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people. |
1970 |
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers begin to patrol the Falls Road area of Belfast for the first time since August 1969 |
1971 |
John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs |
1972 |
"Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV |
1972 |
WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1972 |
WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1972 |
WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1973 |
Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif |
1973 |
Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Wash Red Skins, 14-7 in LA, MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S |
1973 |
Tap dancer Roy Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV |
1973 |
2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by the Irish Republican Army |
1974 |
World Football League founded |
1975 |
Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m |
1975 |
USSR breaks trade agreement with US |
1976 |
"Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC) |
1976 |
Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves |
1978 |
Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF) |
1979 |
Pres Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday |
1980 |
Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec |
1981 |
FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish |
1984 |
Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand |
1985 |
16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees |
1985 |
M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert) |
1985 |
British pound sinks to record low $US1.11 |
1986 |
Constitution of Guatemala takes effect |
1986 |
Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954 |
1987 |
Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
1989 |
"Romance/Romance" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 297 perfs |
1989 |
1,000 muslims burn Salman Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford England |
1989 |
29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris |
1989 |
Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped |
1990 |
"Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV |
1990 |
11th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the events in Beijing, China |
1990 |
Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf |
1991 |
"Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV |
1991 |
Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala |
1991 |
Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys, Calif |
1991 |
Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR |
1993 |
"Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances |
1993 |
David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS |
1993 |
Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die |
1994 |
Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m) |
1994 |
Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands |
1995 |
10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo |
1995 |
16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming |
1995 |
Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico |
1996 |
"Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances |
1996 |
"Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 perfs |
1996 |
Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions |
1998 |
100th episode of "Ellen," airs |
1998 |
Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge |
1998 |
Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). |
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. |
2001 |
Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing.' |
2004 |
The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. |
2005 |
Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan. |
2011 |
Stampede near Sabarimala in Kerala, India kills 104 devotees and injures 100 more |
2011 |
Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure. |
2012 |
Suicide bomber kills 53 and injures 130 in Basra, Iraq |
2012 |
Ma Ying-jeou wins re-election as President of the Republic of China with 51% of the vote |
2014 |
American journalist David Satter is expelled from Russia |
2017 |
US House votes to begin repealing Obamacare |
2017 |
Takata fined $1bn in US over exploding airbag scandal |
2018 |
Ballistic missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities |
2018 |
Racial firestorm surrounds Trump at MLK holiday |
2018 |
Chelsea Manning files to run for US Senate |
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