January 14 facts for kids

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 351 days remain until the end of the year (352 in leap years).

Events

Pre-1600

• 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.

1601–1900

• 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• 1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.
• 1899 – RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched.
• 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome.

1901–present

• 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• 1911 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• 1939 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• 1943 – World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• 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.
• 1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 1953 – Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.
• 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• 1957 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• 1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.
• 1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
• 1969 – USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1993 – In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
• 2004 – The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
• 2010 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
• 2011 – President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring.
• 2024 – Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.

Births

Pre-1600

• 83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)
• 1131 – Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
• 1273 – Joan I of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (d. 1305)
• 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)
• 1477 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
• 1476 – Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (d. 1526)
• 1507 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
• 1507 – Luca Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1580)
• 1551 – Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (d. 1602)
• 1552 – Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (d. 1608)

1601–1900

• 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
• 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
• 1684 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
• 1699 – Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
• 1700 – Picander, German poet and playwright (d. 1764)
• 1702 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
• 1705 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)
• 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801)
• 1749 – James Garrard, American farmer, Baptist minister and politician (d. 1822)
• 1767 – Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)
• 1780 – Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)
• 1792 – Christian de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
• 1793 – John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (d. 1852)
• 1798 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)
• 1800 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
• 1806 – Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
• 1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873)
• 1818 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872)
• 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
• 1834 – Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (d. 1903)
• 1836 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (d. 1904)
• 1841 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)
• 1849 – Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (d. 1930)
• 1850 – Pierre Loti, French captain and author (d. 1923)
• 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)
• 1861 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
• 1862 – Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (d. 1941)
• 1863 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
• 1863 – Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
• 1870 – George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (d. 1952)
• 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947)
• 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1892 – George Wilson, English footballer (d. 1961)
• 1894 – Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse (d. 1917)
• 1896 – John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)

1901–present

• 1901 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1939)
• 1905 – Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
• 1905 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1907 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
• 1909 – Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982)
• 1921 – Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Ken Sailors, American basketball player (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Hank Biasatti, Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author (d. 2017)
• 1924 – Carole Cook, American actress and singer (d. 2023)
• 1924 – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1925 – Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017)
• 1928 – Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic (d. 2019)
• 1928 – Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (d. 1984)
• 1929 – Peter Barkworth, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
• 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
• 1933 – Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Pierre Darmon, French tennis player
• 1934 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
• 1936 – Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
• 1937 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach (d. 2016)
• 1937 – Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1937 – Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
• 1937 – Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1938 – Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1940 – Julian Bond, American academic and politician (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer
• 1940 – Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
• 1940 – Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
• 1941 – Nicholas Brooks, English historian (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
• 1941 – Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
• 1941 – Barry Jenner, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1941 – Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
• 1942 – Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1942 – Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist (d. 2022)
• 1943 – Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
• 1943 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (d. 2019)
• 1943 – Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1943 – Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright
• 1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American actor and evangelist
• 1944 – Graham Marsh, Australian golfer and architect
• 1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
• 1945 – Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
• 1945 – Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
• 1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author
• 1947 – Bev Perdue, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
• 1947 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 – Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
• 1948 – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (d. 2024)
• 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist
• 1949 – İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Lamar Williams, American bass player (d. 1983)
• 1950 – Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
• 1950 – Swen Nater, Dutch-American basketball player
• 1950 – Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
• 1951 – Ron Behagen, American basketball player
• 1951 – O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
• 1952 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
• 1952 – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1953 – David Clary, English chemist and academic
• 1953 – Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1953 – Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
• 1954 – Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
• 1956 – Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
• 1959 – Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1961 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
• 1964 – Sergei Nemchinov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Shepard Smith, American television journalist
• 1965 – Mark Addy, English actor
• 1965 – Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
• 1965 – Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Jemma Redgrave, English actress
• 1965 – Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer
• 1966 – Terry Angus, English footballer
• 1966 – Marko Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1966 – Nadia Maftouni, Iranian philosopher
• 1966 – Dan Schneider, American TV producer
• 1967 – Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author and illustrator, created Rat-Man
• 1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
• 1967 – Zakk Wylde, American guitarist and singer
• 1968 – Ruel Fox, English-Montserratian footballer, manager and chairman
• 1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Martin Bicknell, English cricketer
• 1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
• 1971 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 – Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
• 1972 – James Key, English engineer
• 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
• 1973 – Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
• 1974 – Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
• 1974 – David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
• 1975 – Georgina Cates, English actress
• 1975 – Jordan Ladd, American actress
• 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
• 1977 – Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
• 1979 – Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
• 1979 – Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 1980 – Byron Leftwich, American football player and coach
• 1981 – Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
• 1981 – Jadranka Đokić, Croatian actress
• 1981 – Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
• 1981 – Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
• 1982 – Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Zach Gilford, American actor
• 1982 – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner
• 1982 – Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Vincent Jackson, American football player (d. 2021)
• 1983 – Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
• 1984 – Erick Aybar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist
• 1984 – Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Aaron Brooks, American basketball player
• 1985 – Jake Choi, American actor
• 1985 – Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
• 1985 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
• 1986 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
• 1986 – Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Matt Riddle, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1987 – Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer
• 1987 – Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
• 1988 – Kacey Barnfield, English actress
• 1988 – Hakeem Nicks, American football player
• 1988 – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
• 1989 – Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1989 – Emma Greenwell, American-English actress
• 1990 – Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and wrestler
• 1990 – Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 – Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
• 1990 – Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer
• 1992 – Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
• 1992 – Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
• 1992 – Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player
• 1993 – Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – David Nwaba, American basketball player
• 1994 – Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
• 1997 – Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1998 – Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
• 1999 – Declan Rice, English footballer
• 1999 – Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer
• 1999 – D'Andre Swift, American football player
• 2000 – Jonathan David, Canadian footballer
• 2001 – Cora Jade, American wrestler

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 769 – Cui Huan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• 927 – Wang Yanhan, king of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
• 937 – Zhang Yanlang, Chinese official
• 973 – Ekkehard I, Frankish monk and poet
• 1092 – Vratislaus II of Bohemia
• 1163 – Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
• 1236 – Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
• 1331 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian priest and explorer (b. 1286)
• 1465 – Thomas Beckington, English statesman and prelate
• 1476 – John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1444)
• 1555 – Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (b. 1478)

1601–1900

• 1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1578)
• 1648 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584)
• 1676 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1602)
• 1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
• 1701 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (b. 1628)
• 1753 – George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685)
• 1766 – Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1776 – Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1713)
• 1786 – Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
• 1786 – Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
• 1823 – Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
• 1825 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (b. 1741)
• 1833 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (b. 1759)
• 1867 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1874 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 – Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1892 – Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1898 – Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)

1901–present

• 1901 – Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
• 1901 – Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840)
• 1907 – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 – Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 – Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
• 1920 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1926 – August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 – Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1938 – Jaakko Mäki, Finnish politician (b. 1878)
• 1942 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 – Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 – Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1959 – Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884)
• 1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
• 1962 – M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1970 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1970 – Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (b. 1880)
• 1972 – Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
• 1972 – Frederik IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
• 1977 – Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
• 1977 – Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
• 1978 – Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1978 – Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1980 – Robert Ardrey, American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1981 – G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1893)
• 1984 – Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Turgut Demirağ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Douglas Sirk, German-Swiss director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1988 – Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
• 1991 – Gordon Bryant, Australian educator and politician (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Onno Tunç, Armenian-Turkish composer (b. 1948)
• 1997 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Uta Hagen, German-American actress (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Conroy Maddox, English painter and educator (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Henri Colpi, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and academic (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004 (b. 1995)
• 2012 – Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (b. 1928)
• 2016 – René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942)
• 2016 – Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946)
• 2017 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906)
• 2018 – Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942)
• 2018 – Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958)
• 2021 – Joel Robert, Belgian motorcycle racer (b. 1943)
• 2023 – Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Barba'shmin
  • Devasahayam Pillai (Catholic Church)
  • Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
  • Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
  • Felix of Nola
  • Macrina the Elder
  • Odoric of Pordenone
  • January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
• Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
• Flag Day (Georgia)
• National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
• Old New Year, and its related observance:
  • Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia)
  • Yennayer (Berbers)
• Ratification Day (United States)

• Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14):
  • Magh Bihu (Assam)
  • Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
  • Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
  • Makar Sankranti (India)
  • The first day of Pongal (Tamil Nadu)
  • Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
• World Logic Day (UNESCO)

See also

In Spanish: 14 de enero para niños