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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 14
- 300th: 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne in favor of his son, Luis I.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Thornton Waldo Burgess; author (Peter Rabbit).
- 100th: 1924 - Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy.
- 100th: 1924 - Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Mannfolk), dies at age 72.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Guy Williams in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Zorro - Zorro, Lost in Space, Bonanza, Disneyland).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Graham Vivian Marsh in Kalgoorlie, Australia; PGA golfer (1977 Heritage).
- 80th: 1944 - Mohammed Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet, dies at about age 74.
- 80th: 1944 - Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Shepard Smith; Fox News Channel anchorman.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mark Addy; actor (Still Standing).
- 60th: 1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston, Massachusetts.
- 60th: 1964 - Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 versus England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Sergei Nemchinov in Moscow, Russia; NHL center (New York Islanders, Olympics-Silver-1998).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Steven Soderbergh; writer (Mimi, Schizoplis).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Hugues Legault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; 50m swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kevin Jefferson; NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Michael Dritlein; WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Nancy Napolski in Hinsdale, Idaho, USA; air rifle (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at age 62.
- 50th: 1974 - World Football League founded.
- 40th: 1984 - Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (Dutch Society for Sexual Reformation-NVSH), dies at age 55.
- 40th: 1984 - Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at age 82 (born 1902).
- 40th: 1984 - In Canada, Lotto 6/49 lottery draw has a grand prize of CDN$13.9 million won by a single player in Ontario. Winning numbers are 2, 12, 29, 31, 44, 46. This is a Canadian record for a single winner, and a record for a single draw.
- 30th: 1994 - Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91.
- 30th: 1994 - Federica Montseny, anarchist/Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at age 80.
- 30th: 1994 - Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61 metres).
- 30th: 1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-17 lands.
- 30th: 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles toward each country's targets, and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine.
- 25th: 1999 - Health Canada announces non-approval of rBST (bovine growth hormone) for sale in Canada.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (born 1933).
- 15th: 2009 - American department store chain Gottschalks files to reorganize under bankruptcy protection.
- 15th: 2009 - Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip reach 1000, with injuries at nearly 5000, since Israeli launched a campaign to end rocket fire on December 27. Israeli deaths stand at 13.
- 15th: 2009 - American apparel chain Goody's files for bankruptcy to liquidate its remaining 282 stores.
- 15th: 2009 - Ricardo Montalban, Mexican-born American actor (The Colby's, Mr. Roarke - Fantasy Island, Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), dies at age 88 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, California.
- 15th: 2009 - Canada's Nortel Networks Corporation, North America's biggest telephone equipment maker, files for bankruptcy protection.
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