Birthdates Which Occur on January 14:
1451 Franchinus Gaffurius composer
1467 Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode German gov/viceroy of Frisia
1566 Angelo Notari composer
1592 Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan leader of India
1615 John Biddle English minister (Unitarian)
1618 Jan Six Dutch mayor of Amsterdam
1655 Angelo Predieri composer
1664 Simon van Slingelandt Dutch pension advisor (1727-36)
1700 Picander [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der S„uffer)
1705 Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet governor (Reunion Is)
1722 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer composer
1730 William Whipple merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer)
1741 Benedict Arnold US general turn traitor (Revolutionary War)
1751 Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter composer
1791 Calvin Phillips became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")
1798 Isaac da Costa Dutch writer/lawyer
and Johan R Thorbecke Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72)
1804 John Park composer
1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury Naval Commander (Confederacy)
1812 Carl Gradener composer
1814 Johannes Josephus Viotta composer
1817 Harmen S Sytstra Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)
1818 Zacharias Topelius Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories)
1819 Fabio Campana composer
and Frederick Steele Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1822 Nicholas Mori composer
1831 John Bullock Clark Jr Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1834 William Cleaver Francis Robinson composer
1836 [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1839 Emil Bohn composer
1841 Berthe MP Morisot French house painter/aquarellist
1844 Clara Kathleen Rogers composer
1845 Henry CK Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne gov-gen Canada
1850 Pierre Loti [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer (Pˆcheur)
1851 Th‚ophile EA de Bock Dutch painter/etcher/drawer
1861 Wilhelm von Polenz German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)
1863 Pieter Oosterlee Dutch educator
1868 Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman Dutch author (Belief)
and Jonkvrouw Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman author (Belief)
1871 Pauline Beersmans [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter)
1874 Thornton Waldo Burgess author (Peter Rabbit)
1875 Albert Schweitzer doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)
1878 Victor A D S‚galen [Max An‚ly], French writer
1882 Hendrik W van Loon Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America)
1886 Hugh Lofting England, writer & illustrator (Dr Dolittle)
1889 Vincenzo Davico composer
1892 Hal Roach early film director/producer (1 Million BC)
and Martin Niem”ller clergyman (German Protestant); imprisoned by Hitler
1896 John dos Passos novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel)
1898 Helen Flint Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast)
19-- Holland Taylor Phila Pa, actress (Bossom Buddies, Beacon Hill)
and Jonathan Daly Chicago, actor (Orrin-Petticoat Junction)
and Samantha York XXX actress (Taboo X, Deep Cheeks, Suburban Swingers)
1901 Bebe Daniels Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke)
and Carlos P Romulo Philippine general/diplomat/jurist
1902 Alfred Tarski Warsaw, mathematician/logician
and F C Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog)
1903 Veronica Turleigh County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter)
1904 Cecil Beaton England, royal family photographer
1906 Walter Knape composer
and William Bendix NYC, actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley)
1907 Derek Richter British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning & memory)
and Sophie Redmond Suriname's 1st female physician
1908 Carl Esmond Vienna Austria, actor (Address Unknown, Hitler)
and Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo US singer/actor (Miracle of Women)
1909 Joseph Walton Losey Wisconsin, director (Damned, Accident)
1910 Renier van der Velden composer
1911 George Amadee Tremblay composer
and Helmut Degen composer
1912 Rudolf Hagelsyange German author/poet (Spielball der de G”tter)
1913 Tillie Olsen American writer (Tell Me a Riddle)
1914 Harold Russell actor (Best Years of Our Life)
1916 John Oliver Killens novelist
1919 Giulio Andreotti 7 x premier (Italy)
1920 Andy Rooney Albany NY, commentator (60 Minutes)
and Bertus de Harder Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux)
and George Herman newsman (CBS-TV)
1921 Mark Lawrence Wash DC, pianist (Alice Pearce)
1924 Guy Williams NYC, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
1925 Yukio Mishima Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion)
1926 Frank Aletter Long Island NY, actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy)
and Tom Tryon Hartford CT, actor (Cardinal, All That Glitters)
1927 Ivan Kalita USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1968)
1929 Billy Walker Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1930 Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan composer
and Ernest Just Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
1931 Juraj Pospisil composer
1932 Caterina Valente Paris France, singer (Entertainers)
and Harriet Andersson Stockholm Sweden, actress (Cries & Whispers)
1936 Clarence Carter US singer (Thread the Needle)
and Ludmila Pinayeva USSR, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968, 1972)
and Reiner Klimke German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1984)
1938 Allen Toussaint [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony)
and Jack Jones LA Calif, singer (Love Boat Theme)
1940 Julian Bond (D-Ga) civil rights leader
1941 Marjoe Gortner Long Beach Ca, actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest)
and [Dorothy] Faye Dunaway Bascom Fl, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
1942 Amichand Rajbansi South African politician
and Carol Bellamy Planfield NJ, (City Council Pres-D-NYC, 1978-85)
1943 Jos‚ Luis Rodriguez Caracas Venezuala, singer (Dueno De Nada)
and Ronald Hunter Boston Mass, actor (Lazarus Syndrome)
and Shannon W Lucid Shanghai China, astronaut (STS 51G, 34, 43, 58)
1948 Carl Weathers New Orlean La, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)
and T Burnett Bone rocker
and Tim Harris rocker (Foundations)
1949 Christine Belford Amityville NY, actress (Banacek, Empire)
and Lawrence Kasdan Miami FL, director/writer (Accidental Tourist)
1951 Gil Pak Jong Korea PR, judo (Olympic-1976)
and William Risrook rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1958 Colin Ferguson murderer (6 people on the LIRR on Dec 7, 1993)
1959 Carl Smyth rock bassist (Madness-Our House)
and Geoff Tate vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
and Per Gessle Swedish rock vocalist/guitarist (Roxette-Look Sharp!)
and Susan Smith Beloit WISC, playmate (Sept, 1981)
1962 Patrica Morrison rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1964 Stephen Soderberg
1965 D‚sir‚e Nosbusch Luxembourg, actress (The Fan)
and Jemma Redgrave London England, actress (Buddha of Suburbia)
1966 Daniel J Schneider Memphis Tn, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class)
1968 L L Cool J [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer)
1969 Jason Kent Bateman Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family)
1988 Jamie Altman son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman
1989 Sextuplets Paris France, (to a 29-year-old woman)
Deaths Which Occured January 14:
0973 Ekkehard I monk of St Gallen (Vita Waltharii manu fortis), dies
1163 Ladislaus I Arpad king of Hungary (1162-63), dies
1236 Sava [Rastko] son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64
1301 Andreas III Arpad king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies
1595 Ferdinand archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies
1623 Paolo Sarpi Italian church-historian/politician, dies at 70
1648 Casparus Barleaus Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring), dies at 63
1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli composer, dies at 73
1742 Edmund Halley genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 86
1766 Frederik V king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies
1802 Marie Allard French ballerina, dies at 59
1817 Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny composer, dies at 87
1830 Johann G Repsold German instrument maker, dies
1847 Gov Bent 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico
1850 Anthony van Hoboken Rotterdams merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
1868 Heinrich Schenker Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66
1887 Friedrich von Amerling Austrian painter, dies at 83
Peter "Peerke" Donders missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77
1888 Stephen Heller composer, dies at 74
1890 Francesco D'Arcais composer, dies at 59
1898 Lewis Carroll writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65
1901 Charles Hermite French writer (E is Transcendent), dies at 78
Mandell Creighton English bishop/historian, dies at 57
1902 Cato M Guldberg Norwegian mathematician, dies
1905 Ernst Abbe German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64
1907 Karl von Perfall composer, dies at 82
1909 Sinovi P Rostsjestvenski Russian admiral, dies
1912 Otto Liebmann German philosopher (Side & Epigonen), dies at 71
1916 Otto Ammon German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73
1925 Willem Devout self employed (V & Dreesmann), dies
1929 Cornelis W Lely Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies
1943 Adolf Sandberger composer, dies at 78
1944 Mohammed Emin Yurdakul Turkish poet, dies at about 74
1945 Sandor Vandor composer, dies at 43
1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator executed at 42
1949 Joaquin Turina composer, dies at 66
1956 Siegfried F Nadel Aust/Brit anthropologist (Nuba), dies at 52
1957 Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57
1961 Ernest Thesiger actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81
Henry Geehl composer, dies at 79
1965 Jeanette McDonald singer (When I'm Calling You), dies at 57
1966 Sergei Korolev Russian space station constructor, dies
1967 Renato Lunelli composer, dies at 71
1970 John J "Johnny" Murphy US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies
1971 Ethel Glenn Hier composer, dies at 82
1972 Frederik IX [Christiaan FFMKWG], king of Denmark (1947-72)
1974 Josef Smrkovsky Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62
1976 Abdul Razak bin Hussain premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
Margaret Leighton actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
1977 Ana‹s Nin Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies
Anthony Eden British premier (1955-57), dies at 79
Peter Finch actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at 60
1978 Robert Heger composer, dies at 91
1984 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus Chairperson (NVSH), dies at 55
Paul Ben Haim composer, dies at 86
Ray Kroc founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 82
1985 Jetta Goudal French actress (White Gold), dies at 86
1986 Donna Reed actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
Walter Leblanc Belgian painter, dies at 53
1987 Douglas Sirk director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje), dies at 86
1988 Georgy M Malenkov PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86
1990 David Arkin actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies
1991 Abu Iyad PLO-leader (1972 Munich Massacre), murdered
1992 Hari Rhodes actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
1993 Elisabeth A de Vreugd chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
Manfred Lachs International jurist at the Hague, dies
Manfred Lachs Polish lawyer (Intl Court of Justice), dies
1994 Esther Ralston US actress (Tin Pan Alley, SF Docks), dies at 91
Federica Montseny anarchists/Dutch minister of Health (1936), dies
1995 Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder Scottish Opera, dies at 68
Holidays Which Occur January 14:
Julian calendar New Year's Day in 20th, 21st centuries
Maryland Ratification Day (1784)
Religious Observances on January 14:
Orthodox Circumcision of Jesus (1/1 OS)
RC Pontianus, martyr to Spoleto?
250 RC Commemoration of St Felix of Nola, priest/martyr
379 Greek Orthodox St Basil's Day (1/1 OS)
398 old RC Feast of St Hilarius, bishop of Poitiers/doctor (now 1/13)
1237 Christian Feast of St Sava
1959 Lutheran Commemoration of Eivind Berggrav, bishop of Oslo
Things to Remember for January 14:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
6 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
6 Days Delta Cancrid meteor shower, radiant in Cancer, west of Praesepe
8 Days Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
[Ancient Rome] Caput Kalendarum (a d xix Kal Feb)
Highlights in History Which Occur January 14:
1236 English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Province
1526 Charles V & French I sign Treaty of Madrid
and Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy & Flanders
1601 Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome
1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
1641 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1659 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
1690 Clarinet invented, in Nrnberg, Germany
1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
1717 German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam
1724 Spanish King Philip V flees throne
1739 England & Spain signs Convention of Pardo
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow
1783 Congress ratifies peace treaty between US & England
1784 Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris
1785 Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
1794 1st successful C‘sarean section in US, Edom, Virginia
1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
and King of Naples flees before advancing French armies
1813 Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY)
1814 King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
1847 Conspiracy in New Mexico against US
1861 Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands
1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
and General Sherman begins his march to the South
1868 NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
and SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
1873 "Celluloid" registered as a trademark
and P B S Pinchback elected to Senate
1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
1878 US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1897 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
1900 Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome
1905 Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #555 Norma
1909 Co”p. Far. Central Management forms
1912 Raymond Poincar‚ becomes premier of France
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line for cars
1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks
1918 Finland & USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1924 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
1925 Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin
1927 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1079 Mimosa
and Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers
1929 Afghan King Amanoellah forced to resign
1932 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah
1935 Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean sea goes into use
1936 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America
1938 National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia formed (NY)
1939 All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends
and Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
1942 Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
and Reinmuth discovers asteroid 1556 Wingolfia, 1557 Roehla & 1849 Kresak
1943 Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game
and FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
and Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw
1944 Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow
1946 2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1950 US recalls all consular officials from China
1951 1st NFL pro bowl since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27
1952 "Today Show," premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
and Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends
and Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26
1953 Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester
and WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)
1954 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
and Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London
1955 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres
1956 Jordan government signs Pact of Baghdad
and Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
1960 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
1961 Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
1964 Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination
1966 David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
1967 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF
and Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
and NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
and Sonny & Cher release "Beat Goes On"
1968 Soyuz 4 launched
and Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers-33, Oakland Raiders-14 in Miami
1969 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
and Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
1972 "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
and L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #1842 Hynek, #1843 Jarmila,
and WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
and WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
and WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
#1901 Moravia, #1933 Tinchen, #2900 Lubos Perek
1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif
and Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins-14, Washington Redskins-7 in LA
and Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV
1974 World Football League founded
1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
and USSR breaks trade agreement with US
1976 "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
and Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
1978 Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
1979 Pres Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1981 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2762 Fowler
1985 16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
and œ sinks to record low-$1.11
1986 Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
and Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of
Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
1989 1,000 moslems burns Rushdies "Satanic Verses"
and 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
and Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped
1990 Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf
1991 "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV
and Jorge Serrano El¡as sworn in as president of Guatemala
and Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys Calif
and Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR
1993 Polish ferry boat crashes in storm, 50 die
1994 Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
1995 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
1969 Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise ripped by explosions in
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 27 killed, 82 injured.
Your Special Reminders for January 14:
14th day of year with 351 remaining (Numerology = 6)
and 1914 -5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1932 70øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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