14 January

14 January (the Fourteenth of January, January 14th, &c.) is the fourteenth day of the year under the Gregorian calendar, as first promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII, Bishop of Rome, in 1582 A.D., as well as the earlier Julian calendar, as first promulgated by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C. The date of 14 January is followed by either 351 days or 352 days during leap years, which are calculated differently in Gregorian and Julian calendars; in both calendars, regardless of its leap year status, the date that follows is 15 January and the date that precedes it is 13 January.

Note that for the purposes of the following indices, the Gregorian date trumps the Julian date, unless otherwise indicated.

Births

• "Texas Charley" Bigelow (1855-1917), co-founder of Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company
• James B. Schafer (1895-1955), founder of Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians

Deaths

• Walter B. Duffy (1840-1911), distiller, namesake of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
• S. Andral Kilmer (1840-1924), physician and namesake of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root
• David MacRitchie (1851-1925), antiquarian
• Ben F. Allen (1885-1960), Biblical creationist
• Richard E. Mooney (1926-1997), writer who proposed humans are descended from extraterrestrials