On January 14, 2013, cyclist Lance Armstrong, during an interview with television host Oprah Winfrey, admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during his seven consecutive Tour de France victories, ending years of denial.
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02-13, 2025Armstrong had previously been admired globally for his athletic achievements, particularly given the context of his battle with cancer. As a cancer survivor, Armstrong had previously vehemently denied using any performance-enhancing substances.
The "Summer of Love" is considered to have originated with the seminal "Human Be-In" held in San Francisco on January 14, 1967. This large counter-cultural gathering attracted young people from across the United States, making San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury a synonym for American hippies. The initial impetus for this gathering was a new California law banning the psychedelic drug LSD, enacted the previous October.
The "Be-In" sparked many other "Summer of Love" events across the United States. Its purpose was also to reconcile the relationship between free speech and anti-war activists and hippies within American youth, with the former viewing the latter as detached from reality and unserious.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik IX, ascended to the throne on January 14, 1972, becoming Denmark's first reigning queen since her namesake Margrethe I's death in 1412. She reigned for 52 years.
After Margrethe II's 52-year reign, on the very same date, January 14, 2024, she passed the throne to her son, Frederik X. Pictured is the scene of her signing the abdication document alongside Frederik.
Frederik X's ascension to the throne also brought a new queen title to his Australian-born wife, Mary, whom he married in 2004. On January 14, 2024, at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, people waved Australian flags, awaiting the new monarch's first appearance.
