14 January
Notable Births
JJ Peterka
b. 2002
German ice hockey player (born 2002)
Cora Jade
b. 2001
American professional wrestler (born 2001)
Jonathan David
b. 2000
Canadian soccer player (born 2000)
Declan Rice
b. 1999
English footballer (born 1999)
Emerson Royal
b. 1999
Brazilian footballer (born 1999)
D'Andre Swift
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
Maddison Inglis
b. 1998
Australian tennis player (born 1998)
Francesco Bagnaia
b. 1997
Italian motorcycle racer (born 1997)
Kai (entertainer, born 1994)
b. 1994
South Korean singer (born 1994)
Daniel Bessa
b. 1993
Brazilian football player (born 1993)
David Nwaba
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Robbie Brady
b. 1992
Irish footballer (born 1992)
Wang Qiang (tennis)
b. 1992
Chinese tennis player
Kacy Catanzaro
b. 1990
American professional wrestler, gymnast and television personality (born 1990)
Lelisa Desisa
b. 1990
Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 1990)
Grant Gustin
b. 1990
American actor (born 1990)
Áron Szilágyi
b. 1990
Hungarian fencer (born 1990)
Frankie Bridge
b. 1989
English singer and television presenter (born 1989)
Hakeem Nicks
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Benedict Arnold
b. 1741
British military officer (1741–1801)
Notable Deaths
Arthur Blessitt
d. 2025
American Christian preacher (1940–2025)
Tony Slattery
d. 2025
English actor and comedian (1959–2025)
Mukarram Jah
d. 2023
Titular Nizam of Hyderabad (1967–2023)
Joël Robert
d. 2021
Belgian motorcycle racer (1943–2021)
Cyrille Regis
d. 2018
English footballer (1958–2018)
Zhou Youguang
d. 2017
Chinese linguist and author (1906–2017)
René Angélil
d. 2016
Canadian musical producer, talent manager, and singer (1942–2016)
Alan Rickman
d. 2016
English actor (1946–2016)
Bob Boyd (basketball)
d. 2015
Former collegiate men's basketball coach
Zhang Wannian
d. 2015
Chinese general
Jon Bing
d. 2014
Norwegian writer and professor of law (1944–2014)
Juan Gelman
d. 2014
Argentine poet
Flavio Testi
d. 2014
Italian composer
Conrad Bain
d. 2013
Canadian-American actor (1923–2013)
Txillardegi
d. 2012
Spanish linguist, politician, and writer (1929–2012)
Arfa Karim
d. 2012
Pakistani computer prodigy (1995–2012)
Gianpiero Moretti
d. 2012
Italian racing driver
Rosy Varte
d. 2012
French actress
Georgia Carroll
d. 2011
American singer (1919 - 2011)
Antonio Fontán
d. 2010
Spanish journalist and anti-Franco activist
On This Day in History
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2026
Thirty-two people are killed when a crane falls onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Thailand.
Sikhio train disaster
2024
Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.
Abdication of Margrethe II
2019
A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.
Saha Airlines
2016
Multiple 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.
2016 Jakarta attacks
2010
Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
1993
Sinking 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.
Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz
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.
Elvis Presley
1972
Queen 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.
Margrethe II
1969
USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
USS Enterprise fire
1967
Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
Counterculture of the 1960s
1960
The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.
Reserve Bank of Australia
1957
Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
Kripalu Maharaj
1954
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
Hudson Motor Car Company
1953
Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.
Josip Broz Tito
1952
NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
NBC
1951
National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew.
National Airlines Flight 83
1943
World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.
World War II
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1939
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
Queen Maud Land
1911
Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
Roald Amundsen