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January 15
(Redirected from 15 January)
January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years).
Events
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69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only survives for three months before committing suicide.
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1559 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland.
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1759 - The British Museum opens.
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1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
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1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
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1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.
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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).
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1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball.
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1919 - The Boston Molasses Disaster kills 21 people.
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1919 - Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland.
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1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company ).
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1943 - World War II: Japanese driven off Guadalcanal.
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1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia).
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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.
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1967 - Super Bowl I is played -- The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
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1969 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
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1970 - After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
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1970 - Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
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1973 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
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1974 - Happy Days premiers on ABC.
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1975 - Portugal grants independence to Angola.
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1976 - Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
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1990 - AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.
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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.
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1992 - The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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1999 - The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak were killed by Yugoslav security forces.
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2001 - Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online.
Births
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1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
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1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1511)
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1622 - Moličre, French playwright (d. 1673)
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1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
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1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian lyricist
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1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
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1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
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1863 - Wilhelm Marx, German politician, chancellor of the Weimar Republic
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1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, architect (d. 1907)
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1870 - Pierre S. DuPont, industrialist
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1875 - Tom Burke, American runner
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1879 - Mazo de la Roche , Canadian author (d. 1961)
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1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Soviet poet and essayist (d. 1938)
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1892 - Rex Ingram, director, writer (d. 1950)
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1893 - Ivor Novello, actor, musician (d. 1951)
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1899 - Goodman Ace, actor, comedian, writer (d. 1982)
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1908 - Edward Teller (d. 2003)
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1909 - Gene Krupa, drummer (d. 1973)
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1913 - Lloyd Bridges, actor (d. 1998)
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1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, historian (d. 2004)
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1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
- 1918 - Joćo Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, Brazilian politician (d. 1999)
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1918 - Robert Byrd, American politician
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1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Cardinal (d. 2000)
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1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
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1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress
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1927 - Norm Crosby, comedian
- 1927 - Phyllis Coates , actress
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1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader (d. 1968)
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1931 - Patricia Blair , American actress
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1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, author
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1937 - Margaret O'Brien, actress
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1941 - Captain Beefheart, singer
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1942 - Charo, singer, actress
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1945 - Vince Foster, White House operative (d. 1993)
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1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
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1948 - Ronnie VanZant, lead vocal for Lynyrd Skynyrd (d. 1977)
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1957 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
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1957 - Julian Sands , actor
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1965 - Adam Jones, musician of Tool
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1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
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1971 - Regina King, American actress
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1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese football star
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1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
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1984 - Megan Quann, U.S. swimmer
Deaths
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41 - Caligula, Roman Emperor (b. 12)
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570 - Saint Ides, Irish nun, (b. ca. 475)
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1595 - Murat III, Ottoman Emperor
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1915 - Mary Slessor, Scottish Christian missionary to West Africa (b. 1848)
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1919 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician (b. 1870)
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1947 - Elizabeth Short, AKA The Black Dahlia, murder viction
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1955 - Yves Tanguy, Surrealist painter (b. 1900)
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1964 - Jack Teagarden, musician (b. 1905)
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1983 - Meyer Lansky, mobster (b. 1902)
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1987 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer (b. 1904)
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1990 - Gordon Jackson, film & tv actor; best known as the butler 'Hudson' on Upstairs Downstairs (b. 1923)
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1993 - Sammy Cahn, songwriter (b. 1913)
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1994 - Harry Nilsson, musician (b. 1941)
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1998 - Junior Wells, musician
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2000 - Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian leader
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2001 - Ted Mann , screenwriter
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2003 - Gladys Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt , Hawaiian educator; fought for native Hawaiian rights
- 2003 - Doris Fisher, singer and songwriter
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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
External links
January 14 - January 16 - December 15 - February 15 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 07-31-2005 11:59:27
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