January 14 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1967  Sonny and Cher release "The Beat Goes On".   

1967  Emily Watson, British actress is born.   

1967  20000 attend Human Be-In, SF.   

1967  Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at 71.   

1969  25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers   

1969  Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later   

1969  Twenty-five crewmen aboard the carrier Enterprise are killed in an explosion off the coast of Hawaii   

1970  The farewell concert of Diana Ross and the Supremes takes place at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.   

1970  John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61   

1971  John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs   

1971  Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, dies at 82   

1972  "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV.   

1972  Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72.   

1973  Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted for drugs in California.   

1973  Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minutes on BBC TV.   

1973  The Miami Dolphins become the inaugural NFL team to have a perfect season, remaining undefeated after beating the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII   

1974  Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62.   

1975  USSR breaks trade agreement with US.   

1976  "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC).   

1976  Ted Turner is recorded as becoming CEO of Atlanta Braves.   

1976  Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53.   

1977  Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53   

1978  Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, San Francisco)   

1978  The Sex Pistols perform their last concert, at San Francisco's Winterland Theater.   

1978  Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), dies at 81   

1979  President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday.   

1980  "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akroyd and John Belushi opens   

1981  FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish   

1984  Madonna inaugural sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand.   

1984  Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (NVSH), dies at 55   

1985  16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees   

1985  Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors and Evert).   

1985  Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86   

1986  Constitution of Guatemala takes effect   

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1131  King valdemar i of denmark: King valdemar i of denmark (d. 1182)   

1451  Franchinus gaffurius: Composer   

1467  Henry van stolberg & wernigerode: German gov/viceroy of frisia   

1477  Hermann of wied: German catholic archbishop   

1507  Catherine of habsburg: Infanta of spain and queen of portugal   

1551  Alberico gentili: Italian jurist   

1566  Angelo notari: Composer   

1592  Sjihab al-din sultan choerram sjah djahan: Leader of india   

0973  Death of Ekkehard i: Monk of st gallen (vita waltharii manu fortis),   

1163  Ladislaus i arpad: King of hungary (1162-63),   

1236  Death of Sava [rastko]: Son of serbia's king/saint,   

1301  Andreas iii arpad: King of hungary (1290-1301),   

1331  Death of Odoric: Italian explorer (b. 1286)   

1623  Paolo sarpi: Italian church historian/politician,   

1640  Thomas coventry: 1st baron coventry, english lawyer and judge (b. 1578)   

1648  Death of Casparus barleaus: Flemish theologist/poet (muiderkring),