January 14th, 1959

Born on January 14th, 1959

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What happened on January 14th?

January 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: 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 (poster pictured), 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, 1959

67

Nguyên Lê

French jazz guitarist

*January 14th, 1959, Paris

67

Rene Creemers

Dutch drummer

*January 14th, 1959, Nijmegen

67

Geoff Tate

American singer

*January 14th, 1959, Stuttgart

62

Rasim Öztekin

Turkish actor (1959-2021)

*January 14th, 1959, Istanbul †March 8th, 2021, Dr. Siyami Ersek Göğüs Kalp Ve Damar Cerrahisi Eğitim Ve Araştırma Hastanesi

67

Chas Smash

English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

*January 14th, 1959, London

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Born in 1959

67

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

67

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

66

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Dag Erik Pedersen

Norwegian racing cyclist and cycling journalist (1959-2024)

*June 6th, 1959, Skien †June 3rd, 2024, Helgeroa

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

66

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

67

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

67

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

67

Andreas Lämmel

German politician

*April 19th, 1959, Falkenstein, Saxony

67

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

67

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

66

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

66

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Musician

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

67

Rainer Balzer

German politician

*June 10th, 1959, Heidelberg

67

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

67

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 13th, 1959, Güímar

66

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

67

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

67

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

66

Allison Janney

American actress (born 1959)

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

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, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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