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History Events on January 14
King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
#Henry_III_of_England
In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
#MS_Jan_Heweliusz
USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
#USS_Enterprise_fire
The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
#Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17
Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
#Napoleon_III
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
#Margrethe_II_of_Denmark
Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.
#Treaty_of_Kiel
Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
#Roald_Amundsen
World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
#World_War_II
The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
#Fundamental_Orders_of_Connecticut
Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
#Counterculture_of_the_1960s
The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
#Georgia_(country)
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
#Franklin_D._Roosevelt
A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
#United_Nations
The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
#Reserve_Bank_of_Australia
Former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring.
#Tunisia
Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
#Andrew_III_of_Hungary
The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
#Third_Battle_of_Panipat
Spain annexes Cuba.
#Cuba
An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
#1907_Kingston_earthquake
Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
#Greek_War_of_Independence
American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
#American_Revolutionary_War
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he flies from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
#President_of_the_United_States
Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
#Josip_Broz_Tito
Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
#Arnošt_of_Pardubice
Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
#Kripalu_Maharaj
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
#Queen_Maud_Land
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.
#Elvis_Presley
