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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification_Day_(United_States)" title="Ratification Day (United States)">Ratification Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1784" title="1784">1784</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1301" title="1301">1301</a> – King <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_III_of_Hungary" title="Andrew III of Hungary">Andrew III</a></b> died without any male heirs, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty" title="Árpád dynasty">Árpád dynasty</a>, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Giacomo Puccini</a>'s opera <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca" title="Tosca">Tosca</a></b></i>, based on the play <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tosca" title="La Tosca">La Tosca</a></i> by French dramatist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorien_Sardou" title="Victorien Sardou">Victorien Sardou</a>, premiered at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_dell%27Opera_di_Roma" title="Teatro dell'Opera di Roma">Teatro Costanzi</a> in Rome.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – Norway claimed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Maud_Land" title="Queen Maud Land">Queen Maud Land</a></b>, a 2.7-million km<sup>2</sup> (1.0-million sq mi) region of Antarctica, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependent territory</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a> – Hindu spiritual leader <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadguru_Shri_Kripalu_Ji_Maharaj" title="Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj">Kripalu Maharaj</a></b> was named the fifth original <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadguru" title="Jagadguru">jagadguru</a></i>, meaning 'world teacher'.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>'s  concert <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_from_Hawaii_via_Satellite" title="Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite">Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite</a></b></i> was broadcast live to audiences in Asia and Oceania.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Derick" title="Carrie Derick">Carrie Derick</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1862); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_P._Hagerstrom" title="James P. Hagerstrom">James P. Hagerstrom</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfa_Karim" title="Arfa Karim">Arfa Karim</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>