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January 14th


- Christian Feast Day
- Feast of Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
- Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
- National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
- Old New Year (see January 13)
- 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)
- The first day of Pongal, a Tamil New Year. (Tamil)
- Uttarayan (Uttaranchal, Gujarat and Rajasthan)

January 14th


- 2005 - Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.
- 2004 - The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
- 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.
- 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 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).
- 1998 - An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
- 1975 - Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
- 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.
- 1969 - An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) near Hawaii kills 27 people.
- 1967 - Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. Between 20,000 to 30,000 people attend.
- 1954 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 1952 - NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
- 1950 - The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- 1943 - World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
- 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 via airplane while in office when he travels from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
- 1938 - Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- 1933 - The controversial Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peaks when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit in the heart.
- 1913 - First Balkan War: The Greek army defeats the Turks at Bizani.
- 1907 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- 1858 - Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
- 1822 - Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
- 1814 - Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
- 1784 - American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
- 1761 - The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changes the course of Indian History.
- 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- 1639 - The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
- 1539 - Spain annexes Cuba.
- 1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
- 1343 - Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague.
- 1301 - Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
- 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.

January 14th


- 1994 - Samir Patel, American spelling bee winner
- 1988 - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
- 1988 - Hakeem Nicks, American football player
- 1988 - Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
- 1986 - Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
- 1986 - Gary Brolsma, American internet celebrity
- 1986 - Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
- 1984 - Erick Aybar, Professional baseball player
- 1983 - Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
- 1983 - Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
- 1982 - Caleb Followill, American singer (Kings of Leon)
- 1982 - Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 - Víctor Valdés, Spanish football goalkeeper
- 1981 - Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football player
- 1981 - Rosa López, Spanish singer
- 1981 - Pitbull, American rapper
- 1980 - Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
- 1980 - Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
- 1980 - Ossama Haidar, Lebanese soccer player
- 1980 - Byron Leftwich, American football player
- 1980 - Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
- 1980 - Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model
- 1979 - Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
- 1979 - Karen Elson, British supermodel
- 1979 - Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
- 1979 - John Reuben, American hip hop artist
- 1978 - Just Blaze, American hip hop producer
- 1978 - Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
- 1977 - Narain Karthikeyan, Indian A1GP driver
- 1976 - Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
- 1974 - Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
- 1973 - Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
- 1972 - Kyle Brady, American football player
- 1972 - Dion Forster, South African theologian
- 1972 - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
- 1972 - Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
- 1971 - Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
- 1971 - Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
- 1970 - Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
- 1970 - Faz?l Say, Turkish pianist and composer
- 1969 - Jason Bateman, American actor
- 1969 - David Grohl, American drummer and composer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures)
- 1968 - LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
- 1968 - Ruel Fox, English footballer
- 1968 - Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
- 1967 - Kerri Green, American actress
- 1967 - Leonardo "Leo" Ortolani, Italian comic book author
- 1967 - Emily Watson, English actress
- 1967 - Saskia Wickham, British actress
- 1967 - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
- 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, British chef
- 1965 - Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter and folk musician
- 1964 - Mark Addy, British actor
- 1964 - Ernest Miller, American wrestler
- 1964 - Shepard Smith, American news anchor
- 1963 - Steven Soderbergh, American director
- 1962 - Michael McCaul, American politician
- 1961 - Rob Hall, New Zealan mountaineer (d. 1996)
- 1961 - Mike Tramp, Danish singer (White Lion)
- 1959 - Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensrÿche)
- 1957 - Suzanne Danielle, English actress
- 1957 - Anchee Min, Chinese writer
- 1956 - Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
- 1956 - Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
- 1956 - Rosina Lippi-Green (Rosina Lippi, Sara Donati), U.S.American writer.
- 1954 - Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
- 1954 - Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1954 - Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
- 1952 - Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
- 1952 - Maureen Dowd, American writer
- 1952 - C?lin Popescu-T?riceanu, ex-Prime Minister of Romania
- 1949 - Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
- 1949 - Lawrence Kasdan, American director
- 1949 - Mary Robison, American writer
- 1948 - T-Bone Burnett, American producer
- 1948 - Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981)
- 1948 - Carl Weathers, American actor
- 1947 - Taylor Branch, American author and historian
- 1947 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
- 1947 - Beverly Perdue, American politician
- 1946 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
- 1945 - Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
- 1945 - Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator
- 1944 - Nina Totenberg, American journalist
- 1944 - Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
- 1944 - Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
- 1943 - Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
- 1943 - Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
- 1943 - José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer
- 1942 - Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
- 1942 - Dave Campbell, American baseball player
- 1941 - Faye Dunaway, American actress
- 1941 - Milan Ku?an, Slovenian statesman
- 1940 - Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
- 1940 - Sir Trevor Nunn, English theatre director and film director
- 1940 - Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
- 1938 - Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1938 - Jack Jones, American singer
- 1938 - Allen Toussaint, American singer
- 1937 - Ken Higgs, English cricketer
- 1937 - Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
- 1937 - Shoban Babu, Indian actor
- 1935 - Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier
- 1934 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1934 - Richard Briers, English actor
- 1933 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Don Garlits, American race car driver
- 1931 - Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer
- 1931 - Caterina Valente, French-born singer
- 1928 - Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer
- 1928 - Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984)
- 1928 - Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
- 1927 - Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist
- 1926 - Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1926 - Warren Mitchell, English actor
- 1926 - Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1925 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
- 1925 - Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Guy Williams, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
- 1919 - Andy Rooney, American journalist
- 1917 - Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
- 1914 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Tillie Olsen, American writer (d. 2007)
- 1911 - Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998)
- 1909 - Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
- 1908 - Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934)
- 1907 - Georges-Émile Lapalme, Quebec politician (d. 1985)
- 1906 - William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1905 - Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
- 1905 - Sterling Holloway, American Character Actor (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
- 1904 - Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (d. 1939)
- 1901 - Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1901 - Alfred Tarski, Polish logician and mathematician (d. 1983)
- 1899 - Carlos Romulo, Filipino diplomat and author (d. 1985)
- 1897 - Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
- 1896 - John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
- 1892 - Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
- 1892 - Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992)
- 1887 - Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972)
- 1886 - Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
- 1883 - Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970)
- 1882 - Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
- 1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1870 - Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
- 1863 - Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
- 1861 - Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
- 1856 - J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)
- 1850 - Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
- 1850 - Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor (d. 1925)
- 1845 - 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927)
- 1841 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
- 1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
- 1824 - Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
- 1818 - Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898)
- 1806 - Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
- 1806 - Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
- 1800 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
- 1798 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872)
- 1793 - John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
- 1792 - Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
- 1780 - Henry Baldwin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
- 1767 - Maria Theresa of Tuscany, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1827)
- 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American Traitor (d. 1801)
- 1705 - Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786)
- 1702 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737)
- 1684 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
- 1684 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
- 1615 - John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
- 1551 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
- 1507 - Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
- 1477 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
- 1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist (d. 1522)
- 1131 - King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
- -83 - Marcus Antonius, Roman politician (d. 30 BC)