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14 Jan 1129
Formal approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes.
14 Jan 1301
Andrew III of Hungary (1290-) dies at 50 ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary
14 Jan 1343
Arnost of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)
14 Jan 1639
1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford published by Rodger Ludlow
14 Jan 1641
United East Indian Company conquers city of Malacca 7000 killed
14 Jan 1699
Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting witches
14 Jan 1717
German mob leader Sjako sentenced to death in Amsterdam
14 Jan 1739
Britain and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo
14 Jan 1746
Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow [OSJan 3]
14 Jan 1761
Third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and Afghans is fought in India
14 Jan 1784
US Revolutionary War ends with the US Congress of the Confederation ratifying the Treaty of Paris
14 Jan 1794
Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom Virginia performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife
14 Jan 1799
King of Naples flees before advancing French armies
14 Jan 1813
Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY)
14 Jan 1814
King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
14 Jan 1822
Greek War of Independence Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti
14 Jan 1858
French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini an Italian patriot who was later executed
14 Jan 1861
Fort Pikens Florida falls into state hands (US Civil War)
14 Jan 1863
Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana
14 Jan 1868
North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
14 Jan 1868
SC constitutional convention meets with a black majority
14 Jan 1873
Celluloid registered as a trademark by its inventor John Wesley Hyatt
14 Jan 1873
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback elected to US Senate
14 Jan 1874
I. D. Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Mississippi legislature
14 Jan 1878
US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
14 Jan 1897
6960 m (22834 ft) Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
14 Jan 1898
Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
14 Jan 1919
John McGraw Charles A Stoneham and Judge MCQuade buy NY Giants
14 Jan 1925
Alban Bergs atonale opera Wozzeck premieres in Berlin
14 Jan 1927
Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers
14 Jan 1932
1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed Hialeah
14 Jan 1932
Racing Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro wins his 1st race
14 Jan 1935
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Melbourne In an all-British final Dorothy Round Little defeats Nancy Lyle 1-6 6-1 6-3
14 Jan 1935
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Home favourite Jack Crawford wins his 4th Australian title beats Fred Perry of England 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
14 Jan 1936
L M (Mario) Giannini elected President of Bank of America
14 Jan 1938
National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY)
14 Jan 1939
All commercial ferry services between San Francisco and East Bay end
14 Jan 1940
Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
14 Jan 1940
2nd NFL All Star Game Gilmore Stadium LA CA Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars 16-7
14 Jan 1942
Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
14 Jan 1943
World War II Japan begins Operation Ke withdrawal of its troops from Guadalcanal
14 Jan 1943
World War II Casablanca Conference begins between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt
14 Jan 1943
Montreal Canadiens left wing Alex Smart becomes the first NHL rookie to score a hat trick in his first NHL game a 5-1 win at home over the Chicago Black Hawks
14 Jan 1944
Soviet army begins offensive at OranienbaumWolchow
14 Jan 1945
In Greece Communists and the British agree to a cease-fire in the struggle to control Athens (and with it Greece)
14 Jan 1905
Hubbell Shubert & Smiths musical Fontana premieres in NYC
14 Jan 1907
An earthquake in Kingston Jamaica kills more than 1000
14 Jan 1908
Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut v England in Adelaide (116)
14 Jan 1918
Finland and USSR adopt New Style (Gregorian) calendar
14 Jan 1946
2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
14 Jan 1946
NFL Draft Frank Dancewicz from University of Notre Dame first pick by Boston Yanks
14 Jan 1949
Black and Indian race rebellion in Durban South Africa 142 die
14 Jan 1950
As the Girls Go closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 420 performances
14 Jan 1951
1st NFL Pro Bowl Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum American Conference beats National Conference 28-27 MVP Otto Graham Cleveland Browns QB
14 Jan 1952
Today Show premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
14 Jan 1953
Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica premieres in Manchester
14 Jan 1953
WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
14 Jan 1953
Yugoslavia elects its 1st president (Marshal Tito)
14 Jan 1954
Sandy Wilsons musical Boyfriend premieres in London
14 Jan 1954
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
14 Jan 1955
Heitor Villa-Lobos 8th Symphony premieres in Philadelphia
14 Jan 1956
Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad
14 Jan 1957
Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher)
14 Jan 1960
Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam flooded
14 Jan 1961
Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
14 Jan 1962
12th NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum Western Conference beats Eastern Conference 31-30 MVPs Jim Brown Cleveland Browns RB Henry Jordan Green Bay Packers DT
14 Jan 1963
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path is published by Heinemann in the UK the author commits suicide a month later
14 Jan 1964
14th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 111-107 at Boston
14 Jan 1964
Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 v England 21 maiden overs in a row
14 Jan 1967
New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
14 Jan 1969
25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
14 Jan 1969
Soyuz 4 launched rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
14 Jan 1969
19th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 123-112 at Baltimore
14 Jan 1970
Royal Ulster Constabulary officers patrol the Falls Road area of Belfast for the first time since 1969
14 Jan 1971
John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
14 Jan 1972
Sanford & Son starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
14 Jan 1972
WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi Mississippi (PBS) begins broadcasting
14 Jan 1972
WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude Mississippi (PBS) begins broadcasting
14 Jan 1972
WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian Mississippi (PBS) begins broadcasting
14 Jan 1973
Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh busted on drugs in California
14 Jan 1973
Super Bowl VII LA Memorial Coliseum Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins 14-7 MVP Jake Scott Miami S
14 Jan 1973
Dancer Roy Castle is measured at 1440 tapsmin on BBC TV
14 Jan 1973
2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by the Irish Republican Army
14 Jan 1975
Anita Wold (Norway) sets womens ski jump distance record-98 m
14 Jan 1975
17-year-old Lesley Whittle is kidnapped in Shropshire England
14 Jan 1975
25th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 108-102 at Phoenix
14 Jan 1976
The Bionic Woman with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
14 Jan 1977
Fantasy Island starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
14 Jan 1979
Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benitez beats WBC welterweight champion Carlos Palomino of Mexico in a 15-round split decision in San Juan Puerto Rico becomes two-division champion at the age of 20
14 Jan 1980
Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit s in 28 sec
14 Jan 1981
US Federal Communications Commission frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
14 Jan 1984
Ray Boom Boom Mancini scores a 3rd-round TKO of Bobby Chacon to retain his WBA lightweight title in Reno Nevada Chacon so severely battered he thanks referee Richard Steele for stopping the fight
14 Jan 1985
16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
14 Jan 1986
Vinicio Cerezo becomes only the second freely elected President of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
14 Jan 1987
Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
14 Jan 1989
RomanceRomance closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 297 performances
14 Jan 1989
1000 muslims burn Salman Rushdies Satanic Verses in Bradford England
14 Jan 1989
29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
14 Jan 1989
Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped
14 Jan 1990
11th ACE Cable Awards CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the events in Beijing China
14 Jan 1990
Un Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf
14 Jan 1990
NFC Championship Candlestick Park SF San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams 30-3
14 Jan 1991
Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as President of Guatemala
14 Jan 1991
Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys California
14 Jan 1993
Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3000 career blocks
14 Jan 1994
Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
14 Jan 1994
The Duchess of Kent converts to Catholicism the first member of the Royal Family to do so in more than 300 years
14 Jan 1995
10000 South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
14 Jan 1995
16th ACE Cable Awards John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming
14 Jan 1996
Holiday closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances
14 Jan 1996
Swinging On a Star closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 performances
14 Jan 1996
Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
14 Jan 1996
AFC Championship Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts 20-16
14 Jan 1996
NFC Championship Texas Stadium Dallas Cowboys beat Green Bay Packers 38-27
14 Jan 1998
Researchers in Dallas Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis)
14 Jan 1999
Mel Lastman Mayor of Toronto calls in the Army to help with snow removal and emergency medical evacuations after major snowstorm hits the city
14 Jan 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.
14 Jan 2001
AFC Championship Network Associates Coliseum Oakland Baltimore Ravens beat Oakland Raiders 16-3
14 Jan 2001
NFC Championship Giants Stadium East Rutherford New York Giants beat Minnesota Vikings 41-0
14 Jan 2002
UK declared free of foot-and-mouth cattle disease
14 Jan 2004
The national flag of Georgia the so-called five cross flag restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years
14 Jan 2005
Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturns moon Titan
14 Jan 2011
Stampede near Sabarimala in Kerala India kills 104 devotees and injures 100 more
14 Jan 2011
Tunisian president Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia after popular protests known as the Jasmine Revolution
14 Jan 2011
16th Critics Choice Movie Awards The Social Network wins Best Film
14 Jan 2012
Suicide bomber kills 53 and injures 130 in Basra Iraq
14 Jan 2012
Ma Ying-jeou wins re-election as President of the Republic of China with 51% of the vote
14 Jan 2014
American journalist David Satter is expelled from Russia
14 Jan 2015
63 people are killed and 70000 are left homeless after floods devastate Mozambique and Malawi
14 Jan 2016
Sixth republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox held in North Charleston South Carolina
14 Jan 1690
The musical instrument the clarinet is invented in Nrnberg Germany
14 Jan 1761
Third Battle of Panipat In one of the largest battles of the century the mostly Muslim Afghani Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in Northern India. An estimated 6000070000 were killed in the fighting and about 40000 Maratha prisoners massacred afterwards.
14 Jan 1969
19th NBA All-Star Game Baltimore Civic Centre East beats West 123-112 MVP Oscar Robertson Cincinnati Royals PG
14 Jan 1973
Super Bowl VII LA Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles CA Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins 14-7 MVP Jake Scott Miami S
14 Jan 1995
Vinny Pazienza beats Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durn in a 12-round unanimous decision in a super middleweight bout in Atlantic City 2nd time in 6 months Pazienza wears down 43-year-old Duran in a high profile pay-pay-view bout
14 Jan 2019
China posts shock drop in trade figures with a 4.4% fall in exports for December and a 7.6% fall in imports
14 Jan 2019
Pawel Adamowicz Mayor of Gdask Poland stabbed on stage at charity event. Dies two days later.
14 Jan 2019
US Republican leaders strip Congressman Steve King from House committees after series of racist comments
14 Jan 2019
Americans chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose higher than a car accident for the first time according to US National Safety Council
14 Jan 2019
Spinning disk of ice 300m wide resembling the moon forms in the Presumpscot river Westbrook Maine
14 Jan 1717
German mob leader and thief Sjako sentenced to death in Amsterdam
14 Jan 1784
US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris signed September 3 1783 ending the Revolutionary War and forwards it to Great Britain
14 Jan 1873
Prominent African American Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback elected to US Senate (though never seated due to state elections controversy)
14 Jan 1897
6960 m (22834 ft) Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed by European expedition led by British mountaineer Edward FitzGerald
14 Jan 1946
2 jetties collapse in Ganges crushing 160 Hindu pilgrims
14 Jan 1955
Heitor Villa-Lobos 8th Symphony premieres by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by the composer in Carnegie Hall New York City
14 Jan 1961
Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
14 Jan 2020
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseballs investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros Cora was previously the Astros bench coach before moving to Boston
14 Jan 1868
South Carolina constitutional convention meets with a black majority
14 Jan 1954
Sandy Wilsons musical The Boy Friend opens at Wyndhams Theatre in Londons West End
14 Jan 1972
Sanford & Son starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson premieres on NBC TV
14 Jan 1977
Fantasy Island starring Ricardo Montalbn and Herv Villechaize premieres on ABC TV
14 Jan 1977
RCA releases David Bowies 11th studio album Low
14 Jan 1641
Dutch East India Company conquers the city of Malacca 7000 killed
14 Jan 1878
US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional [1]
14 Jan 1905
Raymond Hubbell Sam Shubert & Robert Smiths musical Fontana opens at the Lyric Theatre NYC runs 298 for performances
14 Jan 1971
Cricketer John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
14 Jan 1977
RCA releases David Bowies 11th studio album Low the album is the first collaboration with Brian Eno in what becomes known as his Berlin trilogy
14 Jan 2020
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseballs investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros Cora was the Astros bench coach before moving to Boston
14 Jan 1739
Britain and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo - seeks to establish boundary between Georgia and Florida
14 Jan 1864
Skirmish at Cosby Creek Tennessee - General Robert B. Vance captured
14 Jan 1919
John McGraw Charles A. Stoneham and Francis Xavier McQuade buy NY Giants
14 Jan 1973
2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry Northern Ireland by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by the Irish Republican Army
14 Jan 1973
Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh busted on drug possesion charges at his Marin County California home
14 Jan 1989
29-year-old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
14 Jan 2021
Brazilian governor of Amazonas state Wilson Lima says their COVID-19 surge is now as bad as April 2020 with hospitals running out of oxygen and patients ventilated manually
14 Jan 2021
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged and pleads not guilty to two counts of willful neglect of duty over the Flint water scandal that killed 12 people
14 Jan 1665
Portuguese trading port of Bombay is officially transferred to English control as part of the dowry of Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza
14 Jan 1724
Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne in favor of his son 17 year old son Louis returns to rule in September when Louis dies of smallbox
14 Jan 1794
Dr Jesse Bennett performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife Elizabeth delivering a baby girl at theie home in Edom Virginia
14 Jan 1892
British Prince Albert Victor oldest son of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) dies during a pandemic his brother eventually becomes George V
14 Jan 1973
Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh busted on drug possession charges at his Marin County California home
14 Jan 1989
29-year-old French woman Marie Claude Adam gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
14 Jan 2024
Dan Campbell leads the Detroit Lions to their first playoff win since 1991 defeating the Los Angeles Rams
14 Jan 2024
Frederik X becomes King of Denmark at Christiansborg Castle Copenhagen after the abdication of his mother Margrethe at 83 and the worlds last reigning queen [1]
14 Jan 1343
Arnot of Pardubice becomes the first Archbishop of Prague (and the last bishop of Prague)
14 Jan 1641
Dutch East India Company conquers the city of Malacca killing about 7000 people
14 Jan 1659
Battle of the Lines of Elvas Portuguese forces defeat Spanish forces during the Portuguese Restoration War
14 Jan 1690
The musical instrument the clarinet is invented in Nuremberg Germany
14 Jan 1699
Massachusetts holds a day of fasting for wrongly persecuted witches
14 Jan 1724
Spanish King Philip V abdicates the throne in favor of his 17-year-old son Louis I he returns to rule in September after Louis dies of smallpox
14 Jan 1784
US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris signed on September 3 1783 ending the American Revolutionary War and forwards it to the British government
14 Jan 1794
Dr. Jesse Bennett performs the first successful cesarean section in the United States on his wife Elizabeth delivering a baby girl at their home in Edom Virginia
14 Jan 1813
Gideon Hawley becomes the first state school superintendent in the United States (New York)
14 Jan 1814
Treaty of Kiel King Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to King Charles XIII of Sweden
14 Jan 1878
US Supreme Court rules racial segregation on trains unconstitutional [1]
14 Jan 1897
Cerro Aconcagua mountain in Argentina 6960 m (22834 ft) is first climbed by a European expedition led by British mountaineer Edward FitzGerald
14 Jan 1898
Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the first six in Test cricket (out of the ground)
14 Jan 1932
1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US is installed Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah Florida
14 Jan 1987
Pitcher Jim Catfish Hunter and outfielder Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
14 Jan 2011
Tunisian President Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia after popular protests known as the Jasmine Revolution
14 Jan 2023
Brock Purdy wins his first playoff game as a rookie quarterback against the Seattle Seahawks
14 Jan 2025
US Justice Department releases special counsel Jack Smiths final report on former and future president Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election Trump responds on social media calling Smith deranged and a lamebrain