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On January 14

4 indexed birthdays · 14 historic events

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Historic events

  • 2018-01-14Sports
    In the "Minneapolis Miracle", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings' victory in the National Football Conference divisional playoff game.
  • 2011-01-14Conflict
    Arab Spring: Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests.
  • 1978-01-14Science & Tech
    Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.
  • 1973-01-14Arts & Culture
    Elvis Presley's (pictured) concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was broadcast live to audiences in Asia and Oceania.
  • 1970-01-14Conflict
    The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
  • 1969-01-14Disaster
    A major fire and series of explosions aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise killed 28 sailors, injured 314 others, and destroyed 15 aircraft.
  • 1966-01-14Conflict
    Vietnam War: United States and Australian troops ended Operation Crimp; during the military operation, troops discovered an extensive tunnel network used by the Viet Cong.
  • 1939-01-14Geopolitics
    Norway claimed Queen Maud Land, a 2.7-million km2 (1.0-million sq mi) region of Antarctica, as a dependent territory.
  • 1907-01-14Disaster
    An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.
  • 1900-01-14Arts & Culture
    Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
  • 1814-01-14Conflict
    Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel, whereby Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania.
  • 1724-01-14Geopolitics
    Philip V (pictured), the first Bourbon king of Spain, abdicated in favour of his seventeen-year-old eldest son, who became Louis I.
  • 1641-01-14Conflict
    Dutch–Portuguese War: The Dutch siege of Malacca against the Portuguese ended when Dutch troops seized the city's citadel (depicted).
  • 1301-01-14Geopolitics
    King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
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