January 14th, 1942

Born on January 14th, 1942

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 949 days, exactly on November 29th, 2026, people who were born on January 14th, 1942 will be 31,000 days old!

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What happened on January 14th?

January 14th, 2011

Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests.

January 14th, 1978

Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him.

January 14th, 1973

Elvis Presley's (pictured) concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was broadcast live to audiences in Asia and Oceania.

January 14th, 1970

The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War.

January 14th, 1969

A major fire and series of explosions aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise killed 28 sailors, injured 314 others, and destroyed 15 aircraft.

January 14th, 1967

The Human Be-In, a countercultural event forming a prelude to the Summer of Love, was held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

January 14th, 1960

The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote-issuing authority, was established.

January 14th, 1957

Hindu spiritual leader Kripalu Maharaj was named the fifth original jagadguru, meaning 'world teacher'.

January 14th, 1953

Josip Broz Tito was inaugurated as the first president of Yugoslavia.

January 14th, 1943

Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, and Henri Giraud met in Casablanca to plan the Allies' European strategy for the next phase of World War II.

January 14th, 1939

Norway claimed Queen Maud Land, a 2.7-million km2 (1.0-million sq mi) region of Antarctica, as a dependent territory.

January 14th, 1933

The England cricket team employed bodyline tactics against Australia during a Test match at the Adelaide Oval, the peak of a major controversy in the sport.

January 14th, 1907

An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.

January 14th, 1900

Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.

January 14th, 1301

King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 14th

Born on January 14th, 1942

82

Roger Jackson

Canadian rower

*January 14th, 1942, Toronto

80

Gerben Karstens

Dutch road bicycle racer (1942–2022)

*January 14th, 1942, Voorburg †October 8th, 2022, Dongen

78

Michael Gwisdek

German actor and film director

*January 14th, 1942, Weißensee †September 22nd, 2020, Berlin

82

Stig Engström

Actor

*January 14th, 1942, Stockholm

68

Judith Merkle Riley

Novelist

*January 14th, 1942, Brunswick †September 12th, 2010, Claremont

82

Pierre Hellier

French politician

*January 14th, 1942, Baud

82

Michael Skasa

German journalist and radio host

*January 14th, 1942, Cologne

82

Dave Campbell

American baseball player

*January 14th, 1942, Manistee

75

Pierre Albertini

French judoka

*January 14th, 1942, 15th arrondissement of Paris †January 27th, 2017, Conches-sur-Gondoire

67

Jürgen Wölbing

German painter, sculptor and illustrator (1942-2009)

*January 14th, 1942, Wrocław †September 3rd, 2009, Schöneck, Saxony

82

Jonathan Daly

American actor

*January 14th, 1942, Chicago

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80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

83

Faye Dunaway

American actress

*January 14th, 1941, Bascom

70

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

*January 14th, 1933, Kansas City †March 9th, 2003, Victoria

81

Holland Taylor

American actress

*January 14th, 1943, Philadelphia

77

Peter Nogly

German association football player and manager

*January 14th, 1947, Lübeck

42

Kamila Augustyn

Badminton player

*January 14th, 1982, Słupsk

84

Eva Ebner

German actor, screenwriter ans assistant director

*January 14th, 1922, Gdańsk †January 31st, 2006, Berlin

24

Line Christophersen

Badminton player

*January 14th, 2000, Dianalund

45

Yukio Mishima

Japanese author (1925–1970)

*January 14th, 1925, Tokyo †November 25th, 1970, Tokyo

81

Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada

Spanish historian

*January 14th, 1943, Valladolid

55

Jason Bateman

American actor (born 1969)

*January 14th, 1969, Rye

84

Trevor Nunn

British theatre, film and television director

*January 14th, 1940, Ipswich

79

Richard Briers

English actor (1934–2013)

*January 14th, 1934, Surrey †February 17th, 2013, London

41

Rodrigo Pacheco

Badminton player

*January 14th, 1983, Lima

79

Kathleen Chalfant

American actress

*January 14th, 1945, San Francisco

59

Désirée Nosbusch

Luxembourgian presenter and actress

*January 14th, 1965, Esch-sur-Alzette

38

Yohan Cabaye

French association football player

*January 14th, 1986, Tourcoing

55

Emanuel Hegenbarth

German painter (1868-1923)

*January 14th, 1868, Česká Kamenice †July 18th, 1923, Dresden

65

Tom Tryon

American actor and novelist (1926–1991)

*January 14th, 1926, Hartford †September 4th, 1991, Los Angeles

73

Elizabeth Dupeyrón

Mexican television actor, actor and film actor

*January 14th, 1951, Teapa

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Old New Year, and its related observance, Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period.) which are celebrated on January 14th.

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Born on January 14th, 1942
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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