January 14

Today in History
• 1429 - Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain
• 1663 - King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company
• 1840 - Penny Post mail system is starts
• 1870 - John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
• 1889 - Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
• 1901 - Oil discovered in Texas
• 1920 - League of Nations established
• 1949 - RCA introduces 45 RPM record


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• International Kite Day
• National Undhiyu Day
• National Vision Board Day
• Novy God (Russian New Year)
• Orthodox New Year
• Ratification Day
• Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
• World Logic Day

Birthdays
• 83BC - Mark Antony [Marcus Antonius], Roman politician and general
• 1131 - Valdemar I of Denmark, King of Denmark
• 1507 - Catherine of Habsburg, Queen of Portugal
• 1702 - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan
• 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American general and turncoat (American Revolutionary War)
• 1798 - Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands
• 1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian theologian and writer
• 1907 - Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician