January 14
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1954
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
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Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.
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Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
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USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513.
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Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
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Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers.
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Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
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A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.
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Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.
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Thirty-two people are killed when a crane falls onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Thailand.
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2002JJ Peterka, German ice hockey player
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2001Cora Jade, American wrestler
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2000Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player
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1999Declan Rice, English footballer
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1999Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer
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1999D'Andre Swift, American football player
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1998Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
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1997Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
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1994Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
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1993Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
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1993David Nwaba, American basketball player
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1992Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
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