January 14 in history: • 1641 – Dutch–Portuguese War: The Dutch siege of Malacca against the Portuguese ended when Dutch troops seized the city's citadel (depicted). → go there • 1907 – An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths. → go there • 1966 – Vietnam War: United States and Australian troops ended Operation Crimp; during the military operation, troops discovered an extensive tunnel network used by the Viet Cong. → go there • 1978 – Austrian logician Kurt Gödel, who suffered from an obsessive fear of being poisoned, died of starvation after his wife was hospitalized and unable to cook for him. → go there • 2011 – Arab Spring: Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests. → go there Born 1861: Evander Berry Wall Wiki link Born 1921: James P. Hagerstrom Wiki link Born 1931: Caterina Valente Wiki link Died 2016: Alan Rickman Wiki link Pictured: Map of the fort of Malacca.