📜 This Day in History

January 14

• 1301King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
• 1814Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel, whereby Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania.
• 1907An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.
• 1969A major fire and series of explosions aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise killed 28 sailors, injured 314 others, and destroyed 15 aircraft.
• 1973Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was broadcast live to audiences in Asia and Oceania.
• 2018In the "Minneapolis Miracle", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings' victory in the National Football Conference divisional playoff game.

Born on this day

• 1849Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (died 1930)
• 1875Albert Schweitzer, French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
• 1925Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
• 1969Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer