What are the important events that happened on January 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

January 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

January 14 is the 14^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 1, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 473,664 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetradecagon’ day.

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 27 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,041 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 14: This Day In History

It is celebrated as New Year’s Day (at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) by countries still following the Julian calendar.

January 14 Historical Events

• 1129 –
  Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
• 1539 –
  Spain annexes Cuba.
• 1639 –
  The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
• 1724 –
  King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
• 1822 –
  Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
• 1933 –
  The controversial Bodyline cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine’s England peaks when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit in the heart.
• 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.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
• 1950 –
  The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 1967 –
  Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.

Who were born on January 14?

• 1836 –
  Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
• 1882 –
  Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
• 1883 –
  Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1899 –
  Carlos Romulo, Filipino diplomat and author (d. 1985)
• 1924 –
  Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1943 –
  Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
• 1947 –
  Beverly Perdue, American politician
• 1956 –
  Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
• 1967 –
  Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
• 1974 –
  Kevin Durand, Canadian actor

Who died on January 14?

• 1676 –
  Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
• 1833 –
  Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox saint (b. 1759)
• 1872 –
  Greyfriars Bobby, Famous dog (b. 1856)
• 1901 –
  Bishop Mandell Creighton, English historian and ecclesiastic (b. 1843)
• 1923 –
  Zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)
• 1951 –
  Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek novelist, journalist and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1968 –
  Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885)
• 1979 –
  Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
• 1986 –
  Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1991 –
  Jerry Nolan, American rock drummer (The New York Dolls) (b. 1946)