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January 14: Pongal (Tamils, 2010); New Year in the Julian calendar; Makar Sankranti in India
- 1301 – The Árpád dynasty, which ruled in Hungary since the late 9th century, ended with the death of King Andrew III.
- 1761 – The Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the French-supplied and trained Maratha troops at the Third Battle of Panipat in Panipat, present-day Haryana, India.
- 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
- 1943 – Japanese forces began their withdrawal from Guadalcanal at the conclusion of the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II.
- 1952 – Today, the world's first morning/breakfast television show, debuted on the American television network NBC.
- 2004 – The Five Cross Flag (pictured) was restored to official use as the national flag of Georgia after a hiatus of some 500 years.
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