1918 : Arrest of former French Prime Minister Joseph Caillaux on charges of treason.
1943 : Beginning of the Casablanca Conference.
1963 : De Gaulle opposed the entry of UK into the Common Market and refuses permission for parking in France Polaris missile Americans.
1980 : Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.
1985 : Hun Sen was appointed Prime Minister in Cambodia.

XXI ^century

2001 : Re-election of Jorge Sampaio of Portugal at the head.

2011 : President Ben Ali left Tunisia after one month of riots. The Prime Minister shall act in ^{Science and technology}

1914 : Commissioning of the first assembly line in auto plants Ford.
1973 : First broadcast by satellite from a concert ( Elvis Presley Hawaii).
2005 : Arrival of the European probe Huygens on Titan.
2008 : Overview of Mercury by the probe Messenger.

Art, culture and religion

1900 : First of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.
1914 :
- Maxim Gorky is allowed to return to Russia after eight years of exile.
- Sarah Bernhardt receives Legion of Honor.
1967 : The Human Be-In takes place suddenly in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Economy and Society

1907 : Earthquake in Kingston , Jamaica , which took 800 lives.
1969 : In Britain , Bruce Reynolds, mastermind of the heist of the Glasgow-London mail train in 1963 , was sentenced to 25 years in prison. What was described at the time of the robbery of the century had brought to its authors 2,631,784 pounds sterling, drawn from 119 mail bags.
1985 : The train derailment that killed 418 in Ethiopia.
1986 : The French singer Daniel Balavoine and Thierry Sabine , the rally organizers Paris-Dakar , are killed in a helicopter accident in Mali.
1989 : Condemnation by the Assize Court of Special Paris to life imprisonment of four leaders of Direct Action for the assassination of Georges Besse , CEO of Renault.
2001 : The Court of Appeal of Paris decided to cancel, for want of form, the proceedings against the wife of the mayor of Paris, tried for his alleged use fictitious 1994 the General Council of Essonne.
2002 :
- Judge Eric Halphen , who had been in charge for seven-year record of public housing in Paris , leaves the bench. The magistrate, who had always kept silent despite the difficult cases under his charge, denounced a "two-tier justice," a statement "sabotaged" in the case of public housing and the calumnies and the pressures he says he the subject.
- Creating the OCDIP, Central Office for the alarming disappearance of persons.
2005 : Major fire at Pointe-du-Lac. Seven buildings destroyed and a death following three explosions caused by gas natural.

Births

1451 : Franchinus Gaffurius , Lombard composer ( 25 June 1522 ).
1618 : Guillaume Couture , a French explorer. ( 4 April 1701 ).
1684 : Jean-Baptiste van Loo , French painter ( 19 December 1745 ).
1702 : Nakamikado , emperor of Japan ( 10 May 1737 ).
1705 : Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier , French explorer ( 1786 ).
1708 : Charles Armand Ren de La Tremoille , French soldier ( 23 May 1741 ).
1741 : Benedict Arnold , American military ( 14 June 1801 ).
1762 : Pierre-Edouard Lemontey , French writer ( 26 June 1826 ).
1770 : Adam Jerzy Czartoryski , statesman and writer Polish ( 15 July 1861 ).
1790 : Feliks Pawe Jarocki , Polish zoologist ( 25 March 1865 ).
1798 : Johan Rudolf Thorbecke , Dutch politician ( 4 June 1872 ).
1800 : Ludwig von Kchel , Austrian musicologist ( 3 June 1877 ).
1801 : Adolphe Brongniart , French botanist ( 18 February 1876 ).
1818 : Zacharias Topelius , Finnish Swedish-language writer ( 12 March 1898 ).
1836 : Henri Fantin-Latour , French painter ( 25 August 1904 ).
1841 : Berthe Morisot , French painter ( 2 March 1895 ).
1850 : Pierre Loti , French writer ( 10 June 1923 ).
1861 : Mehmed VI , Ottoman Sultan ( 16 May 1926 ).
1873 : Andrew Bloch , French composer ( 7 August 1960 ).
1875 : Albert Schweitzer , French physician, Nobel Peace Prize ( 4 September 1965 ).
1878 : Victor Segalen , French writer ( 21 May 1919 ).
1880 : Pierre Gerlier , French cardinal, archbishop of Lyon ( 17 January 1965 ).
1883 : Nina Ricci , French fashion designer ( 30 November 1970 ).
1887 : Flix Rousseau , Belgian historian and activist Walloon ( 7 September 1981 ).
1888 : Maurice Dommanget , historian of the French labor movement and trade unionist ( 2 April 1976 ).
1892 :
- Hal Roach , American director ( 2 November 1992 ).
- Martin Niemller , German theologian and pacifist ( 6 March 1984 ).
1896 : John Dos Passos , American writer ( 28 September 1970 ).
1902 : Alfred Tarski , Polish philosopher ( 26 October 1983 ).
1906 : William Bendix , American actor ( 14 December 1964 ).
1909 : Joseph Losey , American film director ( 22 June 1984 ).
1911 : Anatoly Rybakov , Russian writer ( 23 December 1998 ).
1914 : John Meyer , French director ( 8 January 2003 ).
1915 : Andre Frossard , journalist, essayist and academician French ( 2 February 1995 ).
1917 :
- Janine Darcey , French actress ( ¹ October 1993 ).
1919 : Giulio Andreotti , Italian politician.
1920 : Jean Dutourd , novelist, essayist and academician French ( 17 January 2011 ).
1921 : Murray Bookchin , American writer ( 30 July 2006 ).
1923 : Lucien Barriere , French businessman ( 17 September 1990 ).
1924 :
- Jean Danet , director French ( 16 October 2001 ).
- Guy Williams , actor, American ( 7 May 1989 ).
1925 :
- Yukio Mishima , Japanese writer ( 25 November 1970 ).
- Louis Quilico , Canadian baritone ( 15 July 2000 ).
1929 : Jean-Pierre Ronfard , Canadian playwright ( 26 September 2003 ).
1931 :
- Caterina Valente , French singer.
- Yves Berger , French writer ( 16 November 2004 ).
1932 :
- Bernard Huet , French architect ( 9 September 2001 ).
- Maspe Antonio , Italian cyclist ( 22 October 2000 ).
1933 : Stan Brakhage , American filmmaker ( 9 March 2003 ).
1934 : Pierre Darmon , French tennis player.
1937 : Jean Faure , French politician.
1941 :
- Faye Dunaway , American actress.
- Milan Kucan , Slovene politician.
1942 : Pierre Hellier , French politician.
1943 :
- Angelo Bagnasco , Italian cardinal, archbishop of Genoa.
- Christian Gailly , French writer.
- Holland Taylor , French actress.
1947 :
- Aissa Dermouche , senior French official.
- Beverly Perdue , American politician.
1948 :
- T-Bone Burnett , American musician.
- Carl Weathers , American actor.
1949 : Lawrence Kasdan , American director.
1951 :
- Jean-Luc Brunin , French Catholic bishop, Bishop of Ajaccio.
- Pascal Roland , French Catholic bishop, bishop of Moulins.
1953 : Patrick Le Gal , French Catholic bishop, bishop to the armed forces.
1955 : Dominique Rocheteau , French footballer.
1956 : Etienne Daho , French singer.
1963 : Steven Soderbergh , American director.
1967 :
- Emily Watson , actress.
- Zakk Wylde , American musician.
1968 : LL Cool J , American rapper.
1969 : Dave Grohl , American musician, drummer for Nirvana.
1970 : Fabien Remblier , French actor and director.
1971 : Lasse Kjus , Norwegian skier.
1973 : Giancarlo Fisichella , Italian F1 driver.
1975 : Taylor Hayes , American actress.
1977 : Narain Karthikeyan , Indian driver in F1.
1979 : Soprano (rapper) , rapper French.
1981 : Myriam Baverel , French taekwondo.
1985 : Shawn Sawyer , Canadian figure skater.
1988 : Jordy , French singer.

Deaths

1301 : Andrew III , king of Hungary (b. 1265 ).
1331 : Odorico of Pordenone , explorer Lombard ( to 1286 ).
1628 : Francisco Ribalta , Spanish painter (b. 2 June 1565 ).
1676 : Francesco Cavalli , composer Lombard (b. 14 February 1602 ).
1679 : Jacques de Billy , French Jesuit (b. 18 March 1602 ).
1687 : Nicolaus Mercator , Danish astronomer (b. about 1620 ).
1742 : Edmond Halley , British astronomer (b. 29 October 1656 ).
1753 : George Berkeley , Irish philosopher (b. 12 March 1685 ).
1814 : Charles Bossut , French physicist and encyclopedic (b. 11 August 1730 ).
1828 : Antoine de Morlhon , French clergyman, Archbishop of Auch (b. 12 October 1753 ).
1857 : Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst , German zoologist (b. 14 November 1777 ).
1867 :
- Victor Cousin , French philosopher and scholar (b. 28 November 1792 ).
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres , French painter (b. 29 August 1780 ).
1898 : Lewis Carroll , mathematician, logician and writer (b. 27 January 1832 ).
1901 : Charles Hermite , French mathematician (b. 24 December 1822 ).
1905 : Ernst Abbe , German physicist (b. 23 January 1840 ).
1932 : a href = "Litri_ (Miguel_B% C3% A1ez_Quintero)" title = "liter (Miguel Bez Quintero)"> Litri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 15 May 1869 ).
1942 : Porfirio Barba-Jacob , Colombian writer (b. 29 July 1883 ).
1946 : Toussaint Ambrosini , French politician (b. 5 January 1880 ).
1949 : Joaqun Turina , Spanish musician (b. 9 December 1882 ).
1951 : Maxence Van Der Meersch , French writer (b. 4 May 1907 ).
1957 : Humphrey Bogart , American actor (b. 25 December 1899 ).
1961 : Barry Fitzgerald , Irish actor (b. 10 March 1888 ).
1965 : Jeanette MacDonald , American actress and singer (b. 18 June 1903 ).
1966 : Sergei Pavlovich Korolev , Russian engineer (b. 12 January 1907 ).
1970 : William Feller , Croatian mathematician (b. 7 July 1906 ).
1972 : Frederick IX , king of Denmark (b. 11 March 1899 ).
1977 :
- Anais Nin , American woman of letters (b. 21 February 1903 ).
- Peter Finch , British actor (b. 28 September 1916 ).
- Anthony Eden , British Prime Minister (b. 12 June 1897 ).
1978 : Kurt Gdel , Austrian logician (b. 28 April 1906 ).
1984 : Ray Kroc , American businessman (b. 5 October 1902 ).
1986 :
- Daniel Balavoine , French singer (b. 5 February 1952 ).
- Thierry Sabine , who organized rallies French (b. 13 June 1949 ).
- Donna Reed , American actress (b. 27 January 1921 ).
1988 : Georgy Malenkov , Soviet politician (b. 8 January 1902 ).
1994 : Federica Montseny , Spanish anarchist and feminist (b. 12 February 1905 ).
1999 :
- Aldo van Eyck , Dutch architect (b. 16 March 1918 ).
- Gaetan Girouard , Canadian journalist and presenter (b. 10 March 1965 ).
2000 : Alphonse Boudard , French writer (b. 17 December 1925 ).
2001 :
- Burkhard Heim , a German physicist (b. 9 February 1925 ).
- Julio Robles , Spanish bullfighter (b. 4 December 1951 ).
2003 : Moerel , French cartoonist (b. 23 August 1951 ).
2005 :
- Rudolph Moshammer , German fashion designer (b. 27 September 1940 ).
- Jess-Rafael Soto , Venezuelan artist (b. 5 June 1923 ).
2006 :
- Jacques Faizant , journalist, cartoonist and caricaturist French (b. 30 October 1918 ).
- Shelley Winters , American actress (b. 18 August 1920 ).

Celebrations

No international day listed for this date .
Venezuela: Divina Pastora (Divine Shepherdess) to Barquisimeto.

Saints Christian Churches

Saints Catholic and orthodox of the Day

Nina (?), Eastern time.
Hilaire ( 315 - 367 or 368 ), Hilary of Poitiers, bishop of Poitiers , Christian Latin writer, Doctor of the Church (Western date).
Pierre ( 1809 - 1887 ), Blessed.

Blessed Catholic Saints and of the Day

This section is empty, insufficiently detailed or incomplete. Your help is welcome!

Saints Orthodox of the Day

Sabas (?), Sabas ^I of Serbia, a monk at the Athos then first Archbishop of Petch.

Name of the Day

Nina (for the Eastern churches) and its derivatives: Christiane, Nino, Nino, etc..

This section is empty, insufficiently detailed or incomplete. Your help is welcome!

Traditions and superstitions

Sayings

"Sun of St. Nina, for a long winter comes your wood. "
"Between 10 and 20 January, the happier are the drapers. "

Astrology

Star sign : ^24th day of the astrological sign of Capricorn.

References

Frequently Asked Questions

(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated)

Loading ...

Help us improve the wiki Send Your Comments

KILL A CAN

Categories

Live Search

Sign In

January 14

Summary