Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 14
January 14, 2024 is the 14th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: January 14
It is celebrated as New Year’s Day (at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) by countries still following the Julian calendar.
Historical Events: January 14
- 1129 –Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- 1301 –Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
- 1907 –An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- 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.
- 1950 –The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- 1952 –NBC’s long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
- 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.
- 2000 –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.
- 2011 –Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure.
Who were born on January 14?
- 1824 –Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
- 1870 –Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
- 1882 –Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
- 1901 –Alfred Tarski, Polish logician and mathematician (d. 1983)
- 1911 –Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998)
- 1933 –Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- 1940 –Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
- 1962 –Michael McCaul, American politician
- 1968 –Ruel Fox, English footballer
- 1983 –Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
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