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January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days remaining until the end of the year (351 in leap years).
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[edit] Events
- 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 18, 586 BC.
- 69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules 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.
- 1822 - Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
- 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
- 1865 - American Civil War - Fort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy
- 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).
- 1885 - Wilson Bentley takes the first photograph of a snowflake.
- 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.
- 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps.
- 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: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal.
- 1943 - World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
- 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
- 1947 - The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California.
- 1951 - Ilse Koch, The "Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
- 1966 - The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup.
- 1967 - In the first ever Super Bowl, 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.
- 1975 - Portugal grants independence to Angola.
- 1976 - Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
- 1977 - The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history.
- 1986 - The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida.
- 1986 - HBO and Cinemax pay cable television services initiate scrambling of their national satellite feeds on Galaxy 1 with the Videocipher II system.
- 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.
- 1993 - Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive
- 1999 - The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces.
- 2001 - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
- 2005 - An intense solar flare blasts X rays across the solar system.
- 2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
- 2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
- 2007 - Comet McNaught makes perigee after coming close to the sun.
[edit] Births
- 1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
- 1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
- 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
- 1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
- 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- 1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
- 1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
- 1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
- 1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
- 1754 - Richard Martin, Irish founder of the SPCA (d. 1834)
- 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
- 1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
- 1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
- 1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885)
- 1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
- 1824 - Marie Duplessis, French courtesan, inspiration for La Dame aux Camelias (d. 1847)
- 1841 - Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
- 1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)
- 1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
- 1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
- 1855 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)
- 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
- 1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)
- 1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
- 1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
- 1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)
- 1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
- 1882 - Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden (d. 1920)
- 1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
- 1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
- 1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1891 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
- 1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
- 1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950)
- 1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh actor (d. 1951)
- 1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1897 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
- 1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1901 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
- 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
- 1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003)
- 1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
- 1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
- 1912 - Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (d. 2003)
- 1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
- 1918 - Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
- 1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
- 1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, theater director (d. 1996)
- 1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress
- 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)
- 1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
- 1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author
- 1937 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress
- 1938 - Chuni Goswami, Indian actor
- 1941 - Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist
- 1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993)
- 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
- 1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
- 1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001)
- 1949 - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
- 1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer
- 1951 - Charo, Spanish-born singer
- 1953 - Kent Hovind, American evangelist and Young Earth creationist
- 1953 - Ta-Tanisha, American actress
- 1954 - Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
- 1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
- 1957 - Marty Lyons, American football player
- 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
- 1957 - Patrick Dixon, British entrepreneur
- 1958 - Boris Tadić, President of Serbia
- 1959 - Pete Trewavas, English bass guitarist (Marillion)
- 1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
- 1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
- 1961 - Yves P. Pelletier, Quebec comedian (Rock et Belles Oreilles), actor and film director
- 1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
- 1963 - Conrad Lant (aka Cronos), English musician
- 1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
- 1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
- 1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
- 1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
- 1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
- 1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
- 1968 - Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty
- 1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
- 1970 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Teanna Kai, American porn star
- 1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
- 1971 - Regina King, American actress
- 1972 - Kobe Tai, American porn star
- 1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
- 1973 - Essam El-Hadary,Egyptian Football goal keeper
- 1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
- 1975 - Mary Pierce, French tennis player
- 1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
- 1975 - Greg Strause, American artist
- 1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player
- 1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
- 1978 - Eddie Cahill, American actor
- 1979 - Drew Brees, American football player
- 1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
- 1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
- 1981 - Howie Day, American pop singer
- 1981 - Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer
- 1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
- 1982 - Megan Quann, American swimmer
- 1982 - Philip and Alexander, American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family
- 1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
- 1983 - Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
- 1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
- 1984 - Megan Jendrick, American professional swimmer
- 1985 - Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
- 1986 - Fred Davis, American football player
- 1987 - Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
- 1987 - David Knight, English footballer
- 1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor
[edit] Deaths
- 69 - Galba, Roman Emperor (b. 3 BC)
- 570 - Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)
- 936 - King Rudolph of France
- 1345 - Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler
- 1595 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)
- 1672 - John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)
- 1683 - Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
- 1781 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718)
- 1790 - John Landen, English BUTT mathematician (b. 1719)
- 1804 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)
- 1909 - Arnold Janssen SVD missionary (b. 1837)
- 1915 - Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
- 1919 - Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
- 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg, German politician (b. 1870)
- 1945 - Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (b. 1865)
- 1947 - Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)
- 1955 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. 1900)
- 1964 - Jack Teagarden, American musician (b. 1905)
- 1967 - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (b. 1882)
- 1968 - Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 1973 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
- 1973 - Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
- 1983 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (b. 1902)
- 1987 - Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
- 1988 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904)
- 1990 - Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (b. 1923)
- 1992 - Dee Murray, English bassist (b. 1946)
- 1993 - Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Harry Nilsson, American musician (b. 1941)
- 1996 - Les Baxter, American musician and composer (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Minnesota Fats, American Billiards player (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
- 1998 - Junior Wells, American musician (b. 1934)
- 2000 - Željko Ražnatović, aka Arkan, Serbian paramilitary leader (b. 1952)
- 2000 - Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2000 - Georges-Henri Lévesque, French Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
- 2001 - Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 2002 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (b. 1947)
- 2005 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
- 2005 - Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
- 2005 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926)
- 2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein (b. 1951) (executed)
- 2007 - Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed)
- 2007 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- 2007 - David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
- 2007 - James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (b. 1915)
[edit] Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - Second day of the Carmentalia in honor of Carmenta.
- Malawi - John Chilembwe Day.
- North Korea - Korean Alphabet Day.
- United States - Traditionally, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
- Kerala in India - Makaravilakku or Makara Sankranthy at Sabarimala.
- Jallikattu in South India.
- Pongal in Tamil Nadu (2007).
- Nigerian Armed Forces Rememberance day
[edit] Religious observances
- Abeluzius in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church [1]
- Roman Catholic Church - Saint Ita, virgin, died January 15, 570.[2]
- Macarius of Egypt[2]
- Paul the Hermit[2]
- January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
[edit] References
- ^ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
- ^ a b c Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
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