January 14

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of the year (352 in leap years).

It is sometimes celebrated as New Year's Day (at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) by ethnic groups and religious orders still using the thirteen-days-adrift Julian calendar (Old New Year).

Events

• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
• 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
• 1514 – Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
• 1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
• 1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
• 1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
• 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas.
• 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• 1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
• 1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
• 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
• 1911 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• 1933 – The controversial "Bodyline" cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peak when Australian captain Bill Woodfull is hit in the heart.
• 1938 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• 1943 – World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• 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: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
• 1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• 1957 – Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagad guru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• 1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
• 1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
• 1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
• 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.
• 1973 – Elvis 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.
• 1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
• 1999 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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.
• 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.
• 2005 – The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan.
• 2010 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
• 2011 – The former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring.

Births

• 83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)
• 47 BC – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (d. 30 BC)
• 1131 – Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
• 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)
• 1477 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
• 1507 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
• 1552 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
• 1615 – John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
• 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
• 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
• 1684 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
• 1699 – Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
• 1700 – Picander, German poet (d. 1764)
• 1705 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)
• 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801)
• 1767 – Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)
• 1780 – Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)
• 1792 – Christian Julius de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
• 1793 – John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
• 1798 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)
• 1800 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
• 1806 – Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
• 1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury American astronomer, historian, and oceanographer (d. 1873)
• 1818 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet (d. 1872)
• 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
• 1841 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)
• 1850 – Jean de Reszke, Polish tenor (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Pierre Loti, French navy officer and author (d. 1923)
• 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)
• 1861 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
• 1863 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese army officer and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
• 1863 – Richard F. Outcault, American comic strip creator, created The Yellow Kid, first modern comic strip (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
• 1870 – George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
• 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
• 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1896 – John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier, diplomat, politician, and author, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1939)
• 1905 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
• 1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1907 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian politician (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
• 1909 – Joseph Losey, American director (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Sailor Jerry, American tattoo artist (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Anatoly Rybakov, Russian author (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Tillie Olsen, American author (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American actor (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player (d. 1988)
• 1918 – Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, Hungarian-English wife of István Horthy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer (d. 1982)
• 1921 – Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author
• 1924 – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1925 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1925 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Warren Mitchell, English actor
• 1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player
• 1928 – Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984)
• 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Caterina Valente, French-Italian singer, dancer, and actress
• 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver
• 1933 – Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
• 1935 – Ennio Girolami, Italian actor (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Lucille Wheeler, Canadian skier
• 1937 – Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (d. 2008)
• 1937 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Ken Higgs, English cricketer
• 1937 – Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
• 1937 – Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
• 1938 – Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1938 – Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1940 – Julian Bond, American activist and politician
• 1940 – Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Sir Trevor Nunn, English director
• 1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress
• 1941 – Barry Jenner, American actor
• 1941 – Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
• 1942 – Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1942 – Dave Campbell, American baseball player
• 1942 – Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist
• 1943 – Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
• 1943 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
• 1943 – Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1943 – José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer and actor
• 1943 – Holland Taylor, American actress
• 1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American actor
• 1944 – Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
• 1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
• 1945 – Maina Gielgud, English ballerina
• 1945 – Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
• 1946 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Taylor Branch, American author and historian
• 1947 – Bev Perdue, American politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
• 1947 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – T-Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Alpha Band)
• 1948 – Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1948 – John Lescroart, American author
• 1948 – Carl Weathers, American actor
• 1949 – Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
• 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director
• 1949 – Mary Robison, American author
• 1950 – Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader
• 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
• 1952 – Maureen Dowd, American columnist and author
• 1952 – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1954 – Jim Duggan, American wrestler
• 1954 – Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler
• 1954 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
• 1956 – Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 – Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
• 1956 – Rosina Lippi, American author
• 1957 – Suzanne Danielle, English actress
• 1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
• 1958 – Colin Ferguson, Jamaican-American murderer
• 1959 – Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter (Queensrÿche)
• 1961 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1961 – Mike Tramp, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (White Lion and Freak of Nature)
• 1962 – Michael McCaul, American politician
• 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1963 – Gert-Jan Theunisse, Dutch cyclist
• 1964 – Mark Addy, English actor
• 1964 – Ernest Miller, American wrestler and actor
• 1964 – Shepard Smith, American journalist
• 1965 – Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
• 1965 – Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
• 1965 – Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, English chef and critic
• 1965 – Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter
• 1966 – DJ Paul Elstak, Dutch DJ and producer
• 1966 – Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, and Sinergy)
• 1967 – Kerri Green, American actress
• 1967 – Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author
• 1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
• 1967 – Saskia Wickham, English actress
• 1967 – Zakk Wylde, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Black Label Society and Pride and Glory)
• 1968 – Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
• 1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• 1968 – Ruel Fox, English footballer
• 1968 – Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
• 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, musician, and director (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures, Scream, Dain Bramage, and Killing Joke)
• 1970 – Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (d. 2008)
• 1970 – Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
• 1970 – Gene Snitsky, American wrestler
• 1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
• 1971 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
• 1971 – Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player
• 1972 – Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
• 1972 – James Key, English engineer
• 1972 – Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
• 1973 – Eva Bes, Spanish tennis player
• 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
• 1974 – Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
• 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
• 1977 – Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
• 1979 – Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
• 1979 – Angela Lindvall, American model and actress
• 1979 – John Reuben, American rapper
• 1979 – Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 1980 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
• 1980 – Byron Leftwich, American football player
• 1980 – Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
• 1980 – Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
• 1980 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1981 – Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
• 1981 – Rosa López, Spanish singer
• 1982 – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
• 1983 – Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
• 1984 – Erick Aybar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Brandon Meriweather, American football player
• 1984 – Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
• 1985 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
• 1986 – Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
• 1986 – Gary Brolsma, American internet personality
• 1986 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
• 1986 – Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Farshad Bashir, Afghan-Dutch politician
• 1988 – Mikalah Gordon, American singer
• 1988 – Hakeem Nicks, American football player
• 1988 – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
• 1988 – Keren Shlomo, Israeli tennis player
• 1989 – Adam Clayton, English footballer
• 1989 – Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Frankie Sandford, English singer-songwriter and dancer (S Club 8 and The Saturdays)
• 1989 – Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
• 1990 – Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 – Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
• 1991 – Diva Montelaba, Filipino actress and singer
• 1992 – Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
• 1992 – Nimue Smit, Dutch model

Deaths

• 1092 – Vratislaus II of Bohemia
• 1163 – Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
• 1235 – Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
• 1331 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
• 1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, politician, and judge (b. 1578)
• 1648 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch theologian, poet, and historian (b. 1584)
• 1676 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
• 1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
• 1701 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyo (b. 1628)
• 1742 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
• 1753 – George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (b. 1685)
• 1766 – Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1776 – Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (b. 1713)
• 1786 – Michael Arne, English composer and organist (b. 1741)
• 1786 – Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
• 1824 – Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
• 1825 – George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
• 1833 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monks and saint (b. 1759)
• 1867 – Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
• 1872 – Greyfriars Bobby, Scottish dog (b. 1856)
• 1883 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1887 – Peter Donders, Dutch missionary (b. 1807)
• 1888 – Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 – Lewis Carroll, English mathematician and photographer (b. 1832)
• 1901 – Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
• 1901 – Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
• 1907 – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 – Richard Meux Benson, English priest, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1920 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1923 – Zübeyde Hanım, Greek mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)
• 1923 – Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
• 1926 – August Sedláček, Czech historian (b. 1843)
• 1934 – Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Heinrich Schroth, German actor (b. 1871)
• 1949 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
• 1951 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
• 1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Bill Carr, American runner (b. 1909)
• 1966 – Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (b. 1885)
• 1970 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician (b. 1906)
• 1972 – Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
• 1972 – Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
• 1977 – Anthony Eden, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
• 1977 – Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Harold Abrahams, English Sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
• 1978 – Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1978 – Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Thomas DeSimone, American gangster (b. 1950)
• 1980 – Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
• 1981 – John O'Grady, Australian author (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ray Kroc, American businessman (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 1986 – Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Douglas Sirk, German-American director (b. 1900)
• 1988 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
• 1990 – Mani Madhava Chakyar, Indian scholar (b. 1899)
• 1991 – Gordon Bryant, Australian politician (b. 1914)
• 1991 – Jerry Nolan, American drummer (The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle) (b. 1946)
• 1995 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Muslimgauze, English DJ and producer (b. 1961)
• 1999 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director (b. 1933)
• 2001 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
• 2004 – Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Henri Colpi, French director (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
• 2006 – Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Robert Noortman, Dutch art dealer (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Judah Folkman, American scientist (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Antonio Fontan, Spanish journalist and politician (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Petra Schürmann, German model and actress, Miss World 1956 (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Peter Post, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Mircea Ciumara, Romanian politician (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer programmer (b. 1995)
• 2012 – Lasse Kolstad, Norwegian actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Fred Flanagan, Australian footballer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Maharani Gina Narayan, English-Indian wife of Jagaddipendra Narayan (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Andreas Raab, German computer scientist (b. 1986)
• 2013 – Vic Rowen, American football player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (b. 1948)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Barba'shmin
  • Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
  • Saint Sava
  • Felix of Nola
  • Macrina the Elder
  • January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Lee-Jackson Day can fall while January 20 is the latest, celebrated on Friday before Martin Luther King Day. (Commonwealth of Virginia)
• Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
• Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
• National Flag Day (Georgia)
• National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
• Old New Year
• Ratification Day (United States)
• Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14):
  • Magh Bihu (Assam)
  • Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
  • Makar Sankranti (India)
  • Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
  • The first day of Pongal, a Tamil New Year. (Tamil)
  • Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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