Editing January 14 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1236]] &ndash; King [[Henry III of England]] marries [[Eleanor of Provence]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hassall |first=W.G. |title=They Saw it Happen: An Anthology of Eye-witnesses' Accounts of Events in British History. Volume 2 |location=Oxford, U.K. |publisher=Blackwell |year=1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbMqAQAAMAAJ |page=112}}</ref>
*[[1301]] &ndash; [[Andrew III of Hungary]] dies, ending the [[Árpád dynasty]] in Hungary.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kirschbaum |first=Stanislav J. |title=Historical Dictionary of Slovakia |location=Lanham, Md. |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |year=2014 |isbn=9780810880290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wzefAgAAQBAJ |page=xxviii}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1761]] &ndash; The [[Third Battle of Panipat]] is fought in India between the [[Afghanistan|Afghan]]s under [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] and the Marathas.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bhattacherje |first=S.B. |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events and Dates |location=New Delhi |publisher=Sterling |year=2018 |isbn=9788120740747 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC |page=B7}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Ratification Day (United States)|Ratification Day, United States]]: Congress ratifies the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] with [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Levin |first=Phyllis Lee |title=The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams |location=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016 |isbn=9781250081384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGffAwAAQBAJ |page=83}}</ref>
* [[1797]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Rivoli]] is fought with a decisive French victory by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], marking the beginning of the end of the [[War of the First Coalition]] and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historynet.com/napoleonic-wars-battle-of-rivoli/ |title=Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Rivoli |date=July 31, 2006}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Kiel]]: [[Frederick VI of Denmark]] cedes the Kingdom of [[Norway]] to [[Charles XIII of Sweden]] in return for [[Pomerania]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lindgren |first=Raymond E. |title=Norway-Sweden: Union, Disunion, and Scandinavian Integration |location=Princeton, N.J. |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2016 |isbn=9780691652641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CD3WCgAAQBAJ |page=9}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Napoleon III]] of France escapes an assassination attempt made by [[Felice Orsini]] and his accomplices in Paris.<ref>{{cite book |last=Goldstein |first=Robert Justin |title=Political Repression in 19th Century Europe |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=9780415555647 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYLR_ewddRoC |page=208}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; {{RMS|Oceanic|1899|6}}, the largest ship afloat since {{SS|Great Eastern}}, is launched.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021/01/14/oceanic-1899-giant-time/ |title=Oceanic — A Giant of Her Time |last=Edwards |first=John |work=Ocean Liners Magazine |date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitestarhistory.com/oceanic2 |title=Oceanic (II) |website=White Star Line History |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[Tosca]]'' opens in Rome.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the World |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1989 |page=10 |isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; An [[1907 Kingston earthquake|earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica]] kills more than 1,000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Douglas L. |last2=Bellini |first2=John J. |last3=Bartolini |first3=Tony J. |last4=Lord |first4=Kenneth M. |chapter=Significance of Caribbean and Regional Earthquakes in the Determination of Seismic Attenuation and Hazard Assessments in Florida |title=Proceedings of the Caribbean Conference on Natural Hazards, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Windstorms, Floods: October 11–15, 1993 |editor-last=Ambeh |editor-first=William B. |location=St. Anns, Trinidad & Tobago |publisher=The University of the West Indies |year=1994 |oclc=32006175 |page=96}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Roald Amundsen]]'s [[Amundsen's South Pole expedition|South Pole expedition]] makes landfall on the eastern edge of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Flaherty |first=Leo |title=Roald Amundsen and the Quest for the South Pole |location=New York |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |year=1992 |isbn=9780791013083 |page=76}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; Norway claims [[Queen Maud Land]] in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite book |last=Burke |first=David |chapter=Aviation, History of |title=Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. Volume 1: A-K |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |editor-last=Riffenburgh |editor-first=Beau |year=2007 |isbn=9780415970242 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRJtB2MNdJMC |page=115}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Japan begins [[Operation Ke]], the successful operation to evacuate its forces from [[Guadalcanal]] during the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lewin |first=Ronald |title=The Other Ultra |location=London |publisher=Hutchinson |year=1982 |isbn=9780091474706 |page=174}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; World War II: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] begin the [[Casablanca Conference]] to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stewart |first=Vance |title=Three Against One: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin vs Adolph Hitler |location=Santa Fe, N.M. |publisher=Sunstone Press |year=2002 |isbn=9780865343771 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xl4E8umwVsEC |page=162}}</ref>
* [[1951]] &ndash; [[National Airlines Flight 83]] crashes during landing at [[Philadelphia International Airport]], killing seven passengers and crew.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |title=Accident report of National Airlines Flight 83 |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510114-0 |access-date=November 26, 2016 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[NBC]]'s long-running morning news program ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' debuts, with host [[Dave Garroway]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sternberg |first=Joel |chapter=Garroway At Large |title=Encyclopedia of Television |editor-last=Newcomb |editor-first=Horace |editor-link=Horace Newcomb |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |isbn=9780203937341 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ |page=957}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Josip Broz Tito]] is elected the first [[List of heads of state of Yugoslavia|President of Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Lansford |editor-first=Tom |title=Political Handbook of the World 2015 |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |publisher=SAGE Publications |year=2015 |isbn=9781483371573 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdWTBwAAQBAJ |page=1269}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; The [[Hudson Motor Car Company]] merges with [[Nash-Kelvinator]] Corporation forming the [[American Motors Corporation]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hogan |first=William Thomas |title=Economic History of the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States |location=Lexington, Mass. |publisher=Heath |year=1971 |isbn=9780669599640 |page=1872 |postscript=none}}; {{cite book |last=Mahoney |first=Tom |title=The Story of George Romney: Builder, Salesman, Crusader |location=New York |publisher=Harper |year=1960 |oclc=1130007900 |page=171}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Kripalu Maharaj]] is named fifth [[Jagadguru]] (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.<ref>{{cite book |last=Melton |first=J. Gordon |title=Encyclopedia of American Religions |location=Detroit |publisher=Gale |year=2003 |isbn=9780787663841 |page=1010}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[Reserve Bank of Australia]], the country's [[central bank]] and [[banknote]] issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gifford |first1=J.L.K. |last2=Wood |first2=J. Vivian |title=Australian Banking |location=Brisbane |publisher=University of Queensland Press |year=1960 |oclc=4930748 |page=167}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Counterculture of the 1960s]]: The [[Human Be-In]] takes place in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]'s [[Golden Gate Park]], launching the [[Summer of Love]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Anthony |first1=Gene |last2=McClure |first2=Michael |author-link2=Michael McClure |title=The Summer of Love: Haight-Ashbury at Its Highest |location=San Francisco |publisher=Last Gasp |year=1995 |isbn=9780867194210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=acPHXpbzQ_AC}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[USS Enterprise fire|USS ''Enterprise'' fire]]: An accidental explosion aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} near Hawaii kills 28 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=Beecher |first=William |author-link=William M. Beecher |title=Enterprise Fire Linked to Air Jet |work=The New York Times |date=January 30, 1969 |page=19}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]]'s concert ''[[Aloha from Hawaii]]'' is broadcast live via [[communications satellite|satellite]], and sets the record as the [[List of most watched television broadcasts|most watched broadcast]] by an individual entertainer in television history.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz|Sinking of the MS ''Jan Heweliusz'']]: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry [[MS Jan Heweliusz|MS ''Jan Heweliusz'']] sinks off the coast of [[Rügen]], drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
*[[2004]] &ndash; The national flag of the [[Georgia (country)|Republic of Georgia]], the so-called "[[Flag of Georgia (country)|five cross flag]]", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen|Yemen declares an open war]] against the terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; 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]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[2016 Jakarta attacks|Multiple explosions]] reported near the [[Sarinah Building]], [[Jakarta]], followed by shootout between perpetrators and the [[Indonesian National Police|police]], killing seven people. The [[Islamic State|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] claimed responsibility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBC News |title=As it happened: Jakarta attacks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-35309116 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=[[BBC]] |date=January 13, 2016}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; A [[Saha Airlines]] [[Boeing 707]] [[2019 Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] at [[Fath Air Base]] near [[Karaj]] in [[Alborz Province]], Iran, killing 15 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-3J9C EP-CPP Fat'h Airport |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20190114-0 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; Queen Margrethe II [[Abdication of Margrethe II|abdicates]] as [[Monarchy of Denmark|Queen of Denmark]] and is succeeded by her son, [[Frederik X]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/dronning-margrethe-av-danmark-gar-av-1.16697543 |title=Dronning Margrethe av Danmark går av |trans-title=Queen Margrethe of Denmark abdicates |first=Silja Björklund |last=Einarsdóttir |date=December 31, 2023 |website=NRK |access-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231174727/https://www.nrk.no/norge/dronning-margrethe-av-danmark-gar-av-1.16697543 |url-status=live}}</ref>