On this day — January 14

Thailand.

Frederik X.

Iran, killing 15 people.

Jakarta, followed by shootout between perpetrators and the police, killing seven people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.

In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers.

and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513.

An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.

The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.

the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.

with host Dave Garroway.