January 14 in History

Historical Events on January 14

1539 Spain annexes Cuba.

1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

1822 Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.

1858 Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.

1943 World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.

2000 A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.

2004 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.

2011 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.

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Famous Birthdays on January 14

1925 Yukio Mishima

1941 Faye Dunaway

1950 Rambhadracharya

1963 Steven Soderbergh

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Famous Deaths on January 14

1753 George Berkeley

1867 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

1957 Humphrey Bogart

1977 Anthony Eden

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