Important Historical Events Today, What Happened Today in History?
Today's Historical Events. What Happened This Day In History? Here is a chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened 14 January in history.
Historical Events on January 14
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1236 | King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. |
| 1301 | Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. |
| 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 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. |
| 1858 | Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris. |
| 1900 | Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome. |
| 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 Frederick 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. |
| 2019 | A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people. |
Events by Months
Discover Events by Month