January 14 Events |
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| January 14th, 2005 (January 14 2005) | Event | Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn s moon Titan. | |
| January 14th, 2004 (January 14 2004) | Event | The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. | |
| January 14th, 2000 (January 14 2000) | Event | 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. | |
| January 14th, 1998 (January 14 1998) | Event | Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis). | |
| January 14th, 1998 (January 14 1998) | Event | An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people. | |
| January 14th, 1994 (January 14 1994) | Event | President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| January 14th, 1975 (January 14 1975) | Event | Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther". | |
| January 14th, 1972 (January 14 1972) | Event | 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. | |
| January 14th, 1969 (January 14 1969) | Event | An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people. | |
| January 14th, 1967 (January 14 1967) | Event | 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. | |
| January 14th, 1954 (January 14 1954) | Event | The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. | |
| January 14th, 1953 (January 14 1953) | Event | President Josip Broz Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia. | Josip Broz Tito Quotes |
| January 14th, 1950 (January 14 1950) | Event | The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. | |
| January 14th, 1943 (January 14 1943) | Event | World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| January 14th, 1943 (January 14 1943) | Event | Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel via airplane while in office He travelled from Miami, Florida to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill to discuss World War II. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| January 14th, 1938 (January 14 1938) | Event | Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. | |
| January 14th, 1913 (January 14 1913) | Event | First Balkan War: The Greek army defeats the Turks at Bizani. | |
| January 14th, 1907 (January 14 1907) | Event | An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. | |
| January 14th, 1858 (January 14 1858) | Event | Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt. | |
| January 14th, 1822 (January 14 1822) | Event | Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti. | |
| January 14th, 1814 (January 14 1814) | Event | Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania. | |
| January 14th, 1784 (January 14 1784) | Event | American Revolutionary War: The United States ratifies a peace treaty with England. | |
| January 14th, 1761 (January 14 1761) | Event | The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changed the course of Indian History. | |
| January 14th, 1724 (January 14 1724) | Event | King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne. | |
| January 14th, 1639 (January 14 1639) | Event | The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut. | |
| January 14th, 1539 (January 14 1539) | Event | Spain annexes Cuba. | |
| January 14th, 1514 (January 14 1514) | Event | Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery. | |
| January 14th, 1501 (January 14 1501) | Event | Martin Luther, age 17, enters the University of Erfurt. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| January 14th, 1301 (January 14 1301) | Event | Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary. | |
| January 14th, 1129 (January 14 1129) | Event | Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. | |
