Shannon Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. Lucid earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1963, a master's degree in biochemistry in 1970, and a PhD in biochemistry in 1973. In 1978, she was recruited by NASA for astronaut training in the first class to include women. She flew on STS-51-G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58, and completed a six-month mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, traveling there on the Space Shuttle Atlantis with STS-76 and returning with STS-79. Lucid is the only American woman to have stayed on Mir. From 1996 to 2007, she held the record for the longest duration spent in space by an American and by a woman. She was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December 1996, making her the tenth person and the first woman to be accorded the honor. Lucid was NASA Chief Scientist from 2002 to 2003 and a capsule communicator at Mission Control for numerous Space Shuttle missions, including STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. She announced her retirement from NASA in 2012. (Full article...)

Janet Sorg Stoltzfus

• ... that American educator Janet Sorg Stoltzfus (pictured) established the first foreign school in northern Yemen?
• ... that the character Kurama was inspired by a friend of manga creator Yoshihiro Togashi?
• ... that there was an organism from which all current life on Earth is descended?
• ... that Ernest Fanelli's composition Thèbes, written in 1886, utilizes musical elements considered to precurse Impressionism?
• ... that Washington State linebacker Daiyan Henley opted out of playing in the 2022 LA Bowl and served as an assistant linebackers coach during the game instead?
• ... that while Arifin Achmad was the third governor of Riau, he was the first to hail from the province?
• ... that the Central Powers brought their armies under a supreme headquarters in September 1916, 18 months before the Allies did the same?
• ... that, when discussing his music project Love or Loved, K-pop star B.I said that he felt the opposite of love was not "I don't like you", but rather "I loved you before"?

Damage from the invasion of the Brazilian Congress

• Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro invade the National Congress (damage pictured), the Supreme Federal Court, and the Palácio do Planalto.
• Michael Smith wins the PDC World Darts Championship.
• Croatia adopts the euro and joins the Schengen Area.
• Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at the age of 95.
• Brazilian footballer Pelé dies at the age of 82.

January 14: Ratification Day in the United States (1784)

Elvis Presley

• 1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
• 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
• 1939 – Norway claimed Queen Maud Land, a 2.7-million km² (1.0-million sq mi) region of Antarctica, as a dependent territory.
• 1957 – Hindu spiritual leader Kripalu Maharaj was named the fifth original jagadguru, meaning 'world teacher'.
• 1973 – Elvis Presley's (pictured) concert Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite was broadcast live to audiences in Asia and Oceania.