About January 14
January 14, 2025 is the 14th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Capricorn is the sun 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 15 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
January 14: More About This Day
It is celebrated as New Year’s Day (at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) by countries still following the Julian calendar.
What Happened On January 14
- 1129 –Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- 1343 –Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague.
- 1639 –The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
- 1761 –The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changes the course of Indian History.
- 1822 –Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
- 1907 –An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- 1911 –Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
- 1938 –Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- 1950 –The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- 1954 –Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
- 1954 –The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
- 1969 –An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
- 1972 –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.
- 1975 –Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka “the Black Panther”.
- 1978 –The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.
- 1998 –An Afghan cargo plane crashes into a mountain in southwest Pakistan killing more than 50 people.
- 1999 –Toronto, Ontario Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.
- 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.
- 2011 –Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure.
- 2011 –Stampede near Sabarimala – 104 devotees killed and several others injured in a stampede at Uppupara in Idukki district.
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