On This Day — 14 January
2000s
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
1900s
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
1907
An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
1907 Kingston earthquake
1900
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome.
Giacomo Puccini
1800s
1899
RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched.
RMS Oceanic
1858
Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
Napoleon III
1814
Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.
Treaty of Kiel
Before 1800
1797
The 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.
Battle of Rivoli
1784
American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
American Revolutionary War
1761
The 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.
Third Battle of Panipat
1301
Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
Andrew III of Hungary
1236
King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
Henry III of England