January 15
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January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years).
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Events
- 69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only survives for three months before committing suicide.
- 1559 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland.
- 1759 - The British Museum opens.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
- 1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
- 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.
- 1870 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
- 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball.
- 1908 - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek-letter organization by and for Black college women is established.
- 1919 - The Boston Molasses Disaster kills 21 people.
- 1919 - Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland.
- 1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company).
- 1943 - World War II: Japanese driven off Guadalcanal.
- 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia).
- 1951 - Ilse Koch, The "Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany.
- 1967 - Super Bowl I is played -- The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
- 1969 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
- 1970 - After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
- 1970 - Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
- 1973 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
- 1974 - Happy Days premiers on ABC.
- 1975 - Portugal grants independence to Angola.
- 1976 - Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
- 1990 - AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.
- 1991 - The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
- 1992 - The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1995 - Caretaker, the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager airs, with Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) at the helm.
- 1999 - The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak were killed by Yugoslav security forces.
- 2001 - Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online.
Births
- 1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
- 1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
- 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1511)
- 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- 1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
- 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (1872)
- 1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
- 1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
- 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany
- 1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (d. 1907)
- 1870 - Pierre S. DuPont, industrialist
- 1875 - Tom Burke, American runner
- 1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
- 1891 - Ray Chapman, Baseball player (d. 1920)
- 1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Soviet poet and essayist (d. 1938)
- 1892 - Rex Ingram, director and writer (d. 1950)
- 1893 - Ivor Novello, actor and musician (d. 1951)
- 1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1899 - Goodman Ace, actor, comedian, and writer (d. 1982)
- 1908 - Edward Teller (d. 2003)
- 1909 - Gene Krupa, drummer (d. 1973)
- 1909 - Jean Bugatti, Automobile designer (d. 1939)
- 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, historian (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Robert Byrd, American politician
- 1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
- 1918 - João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, Brazilian politician (d. 1999)
- 1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Cardinal (d. 2000)
- 1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
- 1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)
- 1927 - Norm Crosby, comedian
- 1927 - Phyllis Coates, actress
- 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader (d. 1968)
- 1931 - Patricia Blair, American actress
- 1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, author
- 1937 - Margaret O'Brien, actress
- 1941 - Captain Beefheart, singer
- 1942 - Charo, singer, actress
- 1945 - Vince Foster, White House operative (d. 1993)
- 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
- 1948 - Ronnie VanZant, lead vocal for Lynyrd Skynyrd (d. 1977)
- 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
- 1957 - Julian Sands, actor
- 1965 - Adam Jones, musician of Tool
- 1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
- 1971 - Regina King, American actress
- 1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese football star
- 1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
- 1984 - Megan Quann, U.S. swimmer
Deaths
- 41 - Caligula, Roman Emperor (b. 12)
- 570 - Saint Ides, Irish nun, (b. ca. 475)
- 1595 - Murat III, Ottoman Emperor
- 1915 - Mary Slessor, Scottish Christian missionary to West Africa (b. 1848)
- 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician (b. 1870)
- 1947 - Elizabeth Short, AKA The Black Dahlia, murder viction
- 1955 - Yves Tanguy, Surrealist painter (b. 1900)
- 1964 - Jack Teagarden, musician (b. 1905)
- 1983 - Meyer Lansky, mobster (b. 1902)
- 1987 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer (b. 1904)
- 1990 - Gordon Jackson, film & tv actor; best known as the butler 'Hudson' on Upstairs Downstairs (b. 1923)
- 1993 - Sammy Cahn, songwriter (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Harry Nilsson, musician (b. 1941)
- 1998 - Junior Wells, musician
- 2000 - Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian leader
- 2001 - Ted Mann, screenwriter
- 2003 - Gladys Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt, Hawaiian educator; fought for native Hawaiian rights
- 2003 - Doris Fisher, singer and songwriter
- 2005 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Deem Bristow, video game voice actor
- 2005 - Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (Perry Rhodan)
- 2005 - Elizabeth Janeway, United States feminist author (b. 1913)
- 2005 - Dan Lee, animator for movie Finding Nemo (b. 1969)
- 2005 - Werner Lesser, German ski jumper
- 2005 - Ruth Warrick, United States actress best known for Citizen Kane and All My Children (b. 1915)
Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - Second day of the Carmentalia in honor of Carmenta
- Roman Catholic Church - Saint Ides, virgin, died Jan. 15, 570
- Malawi - John Chilembwe Day
- United States - Traditionally, Martin Luther King Day
- Kerala in India - Makaravilakku or Makara Sankranthy at Sabarimala
- Jallikattu in South India
- Wikipedia Day
External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15)
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