Tukuk-OS📅 January 14
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 14? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2018 — In the "Minneapolis Miracle", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings' victory in the National Football Conference divisional playoff game.
- 2011 — Arab Spring: Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests.
- 1978 — Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.
- 1973 — Elvis Presley's (pictured) concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was broadcast live to audiences in Asia and Oceania.
- 1970 — The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
- 1969 — A major fire and series of explosions aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise killed 28 sailors, injured 314 others, and destroyed 15 aircraft.
1969 USS Enterprise fireUnited States NavyUSS Enterprise (CVN-65)
- 1966 — Vietnam War: United States and Australian troops ended Operation Crimp; during the military operation, troops discovered an extensive tunnel network used by the Viet Cong.
- 1939 — Norway claimed Queen Maud Land, a 2.7-million km2 (1.0-million sq mi) region of Antarctica, as a dependent territory.
- 1907 — An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.
1907 Kingston earthquakeMoment magnitude scaleKingston, Jamaica
- 1900 — Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
- 1814 — Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel, whereby Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania.
- 1724 — Philip V (pictured), the first Bourbon king of Spain, abdicated in favour of his seventeen-year-old eldest son, who became Louis I.
- 1641 — Dutch–Portuguese War: The Dutch siege of Malacca against the Portuguese ended when Dutch troops seized the city's citadel (depicted).
- 1301 — King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
Births
- 2002 — JJ Peterka, German ice hockey player
- 2001 — Cora Jade, American wrestler
- 2000 — Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player
- 1999 — Declan Rice, English footballer
- 1999 — Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer
- 1999 — D'Andre Swift, American football player
- 1998 — Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
- 1997 — Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1994 — Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
- 1993 — Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 — David Nwaba, American basketball player
- 1992 — Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Arthur Blessitt, American Christian preacher (born 1940)
- 2025 — Tony Slattery, British actor, comedian and television personality (born 1959)
- 2023 — Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1933)
- 2021 — Joel Robert, Belgian motorcycle racer (born 1943)
- 2018 — Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (born 1942)
- 2018 — Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (born 1958)
- 2017 — Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (born 1906)
- 2016 — René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (born 1942)
- 2016 — Alan Rickman, English actor (born 1946)
- 2015 — Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
- 2015 — Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (born 1928)
- 2014 — Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (born 1944)
Observances & holidays
- 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: Macrina the Elder
- Christian feast day: Odoric of Pordenone
- Christian feast day: January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
- Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
- Flag Day (Georgia)
- National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
- Old New Year, and its related observance: Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia)
- Old New Year, and its related observance: Yennayer (Berbers)
- 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)
- 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): Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
- 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): Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
- 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): Makar Sankranti (India)
- 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): The first day of Pongal (Tamil Nadu)
- 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): Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
- World Logic Day (UNESCO)
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