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What happend on 15. January in History
In our data base we found 368 events happened on 15. January:
• 69: Galba, Roman Emperor (b. 3 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 69: Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide. [category: Events]
• 570: Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) [category: Deaths]
• 936: King Rudolph of France [category: Deaths]
• 1345: Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler [category: Deaths]
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• 1432: King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481) [category: Births]
• 1481: Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (d. 1511) [category: Births]
• 1493: Christopher Columbus sets sail for Spain from Hispaniola, ending his first voyage to the New World. [category: Events]
• 1538: Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) [category: Births]
• 1541: King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith". [category: Events]
• 1559: Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England. [category: Events]
• 1568: Nicolaus Olahus, Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1493) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. [category: Events]
• 1595: Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) [category: Deaths]
• 1622: Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) [category: Births]
• 1623: Fra Paolo Sarpi, Italian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1671: Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1672: John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1683: Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
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• 1716: Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1747: John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1754: Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834) [category: Births]
• 1759: The British Museum opens. [category: Events]
• 1760: Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1775: Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian composer [category: Deaths]
• 1777: American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. [category: Events]
• 1781: Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, queen regent of Portugal (b. 1718) [category: Deaths]
• 1782: Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. [category: Events]
• 1790: John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1795: Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1803: Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1804: Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1812: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1813: Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: William Bickerton, Mormon prophet (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1815: Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates. [category: Events]
• 1816: Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1822: Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly. [category: Events]
• 1824: Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847) [category: Births]
• 1834: Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1841: Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor General of Canada (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1842: Josef Breuer, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1842: Mary MacKillop, Australian Saint (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1844: University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana. [category: Events]
• 1850: Leonard Darwin, son of Charles Darwin (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1850: Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1850: Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1855: Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1855: Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1863: Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1864: Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. [category: Events]
• 1866: Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1869: Ruby Laffoon, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1869: Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1870: Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1870: A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly). [category: Events]
• 1872: Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1872: Hugo Rüster, German rower (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1875: Thomas Burke, American sprinter (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1876: Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Lewis Terman, American psychologist (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1878: Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer and pedagogue (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1879: Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1882: Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1885: Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1885: Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1885: Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1885: Miles Burke, American flyweight boxer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1885: Leopold Damrosch, German-American orchestral conductor (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1890: Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1891: Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1891: Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1892: Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1892: James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball. [category: Events]
• 1893: Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1893: Fanny Kemble, British actress and author (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian World War I hero (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1895: Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1896: Mathew Brady, U.S. photographer (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1899: Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1900: William Heinesen, Faroese writer, poet and artist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1902: King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1903: Paul A. Dever, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1905: Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1905: Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1906: Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1908: Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1908: The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women. [category: Events]
• 1909: Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1909: Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1909: Arnold Janssen, German missionary (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft (99 m). [category: Events]
• 1912: Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Alexander Marinesko, captain of the S-13 submarine (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1913: Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1913: Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1913: Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1914: Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1918: João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1918: Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1919: Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer, first to ascend an 8000m peak, Annapurna in 1950 (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Rosa Luxemburg, German politician (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others. [category: Events]
• 1919: Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising. [category: Events]
• 1920: John Joseph O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1921: Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Frank Thornton, English actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Eric Willis, Australian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1923: Arthur Quinlan, Irish journalist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician [category: Births]
• 1925: Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1926: Maria Schell, Austrian actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1926: August Sedláček, Czech historian (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Enrico Toselli, Italian composer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Phyllis Coates, American actress [category: Births]
• 1929: Earl Hooker, American Chicago blues guitarist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1929: Queen Ida, Zydeco accordionist and singer [category: Births]
• 1930: Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1931: Lee Bontecou, American artist [category: Births]
• 1933: Ernest J. Gaines, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: A twelve-year-old girl experiences the first Marian apparition of Our Lady of Banneux in Banneux, Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1935: Malcolm Frager, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1936: Obo Addy, Ghanaian drummer and dancer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio. [category: Events]
• 1937: Margaret O'Brien, American actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Anton Holban, Romanian novelist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road. [category: Events]
• 1938: Ashraf Aman, first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2 [category: Births]
• 1938: Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer [category: Births]
• 1938: Estrella Blanca, Mexican professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1939: Tony Bullimore, English sailor and adventurer [category: Births]
• 1941: Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1942: Barbara Tarbuck, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Mike Marshall, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1943: Stuart E. Eizenstat, adviser to American Presidents Carter and Clinton [category: Births]
• 1943: The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jenny Nimmo, British author [category: Births]
• 1944: Robert J. Kirby, Warden of New York's Sing Sing Prison (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Princess Michael of Kent, British royal [category: Births]
• 1945: Vincent Foster Jr., American lawyer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1945: William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1945: Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Andrea Martin, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (The "Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. [category: Events]
• 1948: Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1948: Josephus Daniels, American publisher and United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1949: Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1949: Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government. [category: Events]
• 1950: Marius Trésor, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: General Henry "Hap" Arnold, U.S. General of the Air Force (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Ilse Koch, "The Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany. [category: Events]
• 1952: Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1952: Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Kent Hovind, American evangelist [category: Births]
• 1953: Randy White, American football player [category: Births]
• 1953: Ta-Tanisha, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer [category: Births]
• 1954: Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Nigel Benson, English author [category: Births]
• 1955: Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Marc Trestman, CFL head coach [category: Births]
• 1956: Mayawati, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Miki Fujimura, Japanese singer (Candies) [category: Births]
• 1956: Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect and murderer [category: Births]
• 1957: Mario Van Peebles, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Marty Lyons, American football player [category: Births]
• 1957: Patrick Dixon, English entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1958: Boris Tadić, President of Serbia [category: Births]
• 1959: Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1959: Pete Trewavas, English musician (Kino and Marillion) [category: Births]
• 1959: Sister Carol, Jamaican reggae singer [category: Births]
• 1960: Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer [category: Births]
• 1960: Jeremy Beck, American composer [category: Births]
• 1960: Kelly Asbury, American director and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director [category: Births]
• 1962: The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece. [category: Events]
• 1963: Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer, security expert, and writer [category: Births]
• 1963: Conrad Lant, English musician (Venom) [category: Births]
• 1964: Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer [category: Births]
• 1964: Jack Teagarden, American musician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Adam Jones, American musician (Tool) [category: Births]
• 1965: Bernard Hopkins, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1965: James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1966: Lisa Lisa, American R&B singer [category: Births]
• 1966: The Nigerian First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état. [category: Events]
• 1967: David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10. [category: Events]
• 1968: Barry Buchanan, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1968: Chad Lowe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty [category: Births]
• 1968: Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Delino DeShields, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Huck Seed, American professional poker player [category: Births]
• 1969: Meret Becker, German actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1969: The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. [category: Events]
• 1970: Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: William T. Piper, American aircraft designer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Moammar Gadhafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. [category: Events]
• 1970: Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. [category: Events]
• 1971: Regina King, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Christos Kostis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1972: Ernie Reyes, Jr. American actor and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1972: Kobe Tai, American porn star [category: Births]
• 1972: Daisy Ashford, English child writer (The Young Visiters) (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1974: Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1974: Ray King, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Tim Shaw, British radio DJ and television presenter [category: Births]
• 1974: Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house. [category: Events]
• 1975: 9th Wonder (born Patrick Douthit), American producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Marc Cartwright, American Photographer [category: Births]
• 1975: Mary Pierce, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1975: The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1976: Corey Chavous, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Doug Gottlieb, American basketball analyst [category: Births]
• 1976: Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Scott Murray, Scotland rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. [category: Events]
• 1978: Eddie Cahill, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1978: Ryan Sidebottom, English Cricketer [category: Births]
• 1979: Drew Brees, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ (F4) [category: Births]
• 1979: Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Young Dro, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1980: Matt Holliday, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Howie Day, American singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Pitbull, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1981: Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Vanessa Henke, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish composer [category: Births]
• 1982: Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Benjamin Agosto, American skater [category: Births]
• 1982: Brett Lebda, American hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Emina Jahović Sandal, Serbian-Turkish singer of Bosnian ancestry [category: Births]
• 1982: Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia [category: Births]
• 1982: Prince Philip of Yugoslavia [category: Births]
• 1983: Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jermaine Pennant, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Matic Kralj, Slovenian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Megan Jendrick, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Victor Rasuk, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: René Adler, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Fred Davis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Isaia Toeava, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Jessy Schram, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Aria C Jalali, American musician (Railcars) [category: Births]
• 1987: David Knight, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Greg Inglis, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1987: Michael Seater, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Nicole Matthews, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1987: Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jun. K, South Korean singer (2PM) [category: Births]
• 1988: Skrillex (born Sonny Moore), American producer [category: Births]
• 1988: Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Alexei Cherepanov, Russian hockey player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1989: Keiffer Hubbell, American ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1990: Catherine Thomas, English model [category: Births]
• 1990: Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Konstantinos Sloukas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Paul Blake, English paralympic athlete [category: Births]
• 1990: Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Sophie Sumner, English model [category: Births]
• 1990: Dame Peggy van Praagh, British ballet dancer, choreographer, director (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1992: Joshua King, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Dee Murray, English bassist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [category: Events]
• 1993: Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as "The Beast", is arrested in Sicily, Italy after three decades as a fugitive. [category: Events]
• 1994: Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati-Indian author, poet, astrologist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Harry Nilsson, American musician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Vera Maxwell, American fashion designer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Les Baxter, American musician and composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Minnesota Fats, American billiards player (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian Po litician, Acting Prime Minister (b.1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Junior Wells, American musician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Betty Box, British film producer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Željko Ražnatović, aka Arkan, Serbian paramilitary leader (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Leo Marks, English cryptographer, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. [category: Events]
• 2002: Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Michael Anthony Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon. [category: Events]
• 2006: El Texano, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein (b. 1951) (executed) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, English game designer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive. [category: Events]
• 2011: Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carlo Fruttero, Italian writer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2013: Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Nigeria) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Army Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which International Fetish Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in January. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Martin Luther King, Jr. Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ita [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John Chilembwe Day (Malawi) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maatu Pongal, celebrated by performing Jallikattu (Tamil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: One of the two Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Paul the Hermit [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India (see January 14): [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tree Planting Day (Egypt) [category: Holidays and observances]