Also on January 14

🏛️ Public Holidays

Also observed in: Feast of the Divina Pastora (VE)

✡️ Religious Observances

🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 2011 — Former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against...
  • 2010 — Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • 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.
  • 2000 — A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
  • 1993 — In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew;...

See all historical events for this day →

🎂 Notable Births

  • 1995 — Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player
  • 1995 — Alex Johnston, Australian rugby league player
  • 1994 — Kane Elgey, Australian rugby league player
  • 1994 — Abi Phillips, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1994 — Kai, South Korean musician

Explore More Holidays