Sunday January 14, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 14: Day of the Week

January 14, 2024 was the 14th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 352 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 14: This Day in History

It is celebrated as New Year’s Day (at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) by countries still following the Julian calendar.

January 14 Historical Event(s)

1784
American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
1814
Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
1822
Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrius Ypsilanti.
1911
Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
1943
World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.
1954
Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
1967
Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
1973
Elvis Presley’s concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets a record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
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.
2005
Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn’s moon Titan.

Who were born on January 14?

1806
Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
1886
Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
1928
Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
1934
Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
1938
Jack Jones, American singer
1940
Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
1947
Beverly Perdue, American politician
1980
Byron Leftwich, American football player
1986
Gary Brolsma, American internet celebrity
1992
Nimue Smit, Dutch fashion model

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