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This day in history: 14 January

Events, births and deaths on this date, ordered by how many people look them up.

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Key facts

403 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 14 January.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2026: Thirty-two people are killed when a crane falls onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Thailand.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Barba'shmin

Christian feast day: Devasahayam Pillai (Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)

Christian feast day: Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Felix of Nola

Christian feast day: January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Macrina the Elder

Christian feast day: Odoric of Pordenone

Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)

Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)

Flag Day (Georgia)

National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)

Events

2026Thirty-two people are killed when a crane falls onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Thailand.

2024Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.

2019A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.

2016Multiple explosions reported near the Sarinah Building, Jakarta, followed by shootout between perpetrators and the police, killing seven people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.

2010Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.

1993Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers.

1973Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

1972Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513.

1969USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.

1967Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.

1960The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.

1957Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.

1954The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

1953Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.

1952NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.

1951National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew.

1943World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.

1943World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.

1939Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.

1911Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.

1907An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.

1900Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome.

1899RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched.

1858Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.

1814Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.

1797The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.

1784American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

1761The Third Battle of Panipat, the largest battle of the 18th century, is fought in India between the Afghan Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani, and the Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau.

1301Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.

1236King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.

Born on this day

2002JJ Peterka, German ice hockey player

2001Cora Jade, American wrestler

2000Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player

1999D'Andre Swift, American football player

1999Declan Rice, English footballer

1999Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer

1998Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player

1997Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer

1994Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer

1993Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer

1993David Nwaba, American basketball player

1992Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player

1992Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player

1992Robbie Brady, Irish footballer

1990Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer

1990Grant Gustin, American actor and singer

1990Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and wrestler

1990Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner

1989Emma Greenwell, American-English actress

1989Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer

1988Hakeem Nicks, American football player

1988Jack P. Shepherd, English actor

1988Kacey Barnfield, English actress

1987Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor

1987Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer

1986Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer

1986Matt Riddle, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

1986Yohan Cabaye, French footballer

1985Aaron Brooks, American basketball player

1985Jake Choi, American actor

1985Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey

1985Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater

1984Erick Aybar, American baseball player

1984Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist

1984Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player

1983Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer

1983Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer

1983Vincent Jackson, American football player (died 2021)

1982Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer

1982Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Died on this day

2025Arthur Blessitt, American Christian preacher (born 1940)

2025Tony Slattery, British actor, comedian and television personality (born 1959)

2023Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1933)

2021Joel Robert, Belgian motorcycle racer (born 1943)

2018Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (born 1958)

2018Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (born 1942)

2017Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (born 1906)

2016Alan Rickman, English actor (born 1946)

2016René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (born 1942)

2015Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

2015Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (born 1928)

2014Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (born 1923)

2014Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (born 1944)

2014Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (born 1930)

2013Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (born 1923)

2012Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004 (born 1995)

2012Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (born 1935)

2012Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (born 1940)

2012Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (born 1923)

2012Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (born 1929)

2011Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (born 1919)

2010Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and academic (born 1923)

2009Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (born 1937)

2009Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (born 1920)

2008Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (born 1933)

2007Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (born 1934)

2006Henri Colpi, French director and screenwriter (born 1921)

2006Jim Gary, American sculptor (born 1939)

2006Shelley Winters, American actress (born 1920)

2005Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (born 1922)

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