January 15th Events |
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| January 15th, 2069 (January 15 2069) | Event | Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide. | |
| January 15th, 2007 (January 15 2007) | Event | 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. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Event | An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system. | |
| January 15th, 2005 (January 15 2005) | Event | ESA s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon. | |
| January 15th, 2001 (January 15 2001) | Event | Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. | |
| January 15th, 1999 (January 15 1999) | Event | The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces. | |
| January 15th, 1993 (January 15 1993) | Event | Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as The Beast , is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive | |
| January 15th, 1992 (January 15 1992) | Event | The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. | |
| January 15th, 1991 (January 15 1991) | Event | The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. | |
| January 15th, 1990 (January 15 1990) | Event | AT&T s long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure. | |
| January 15th, 1986 (January 15 1986) | Event | The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| January 15th, 1977 (January 15 1977) | Event | The Kalvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden s history. | |
| January 15th, 1976 (January 15 1976) | Event | Gerald Ford s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. | Gerald Ford Quotes |
| January 15th, 1973 (January 15 1973) | Event | Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. | |
| January 15th, 1970 (January 15 1970) | Event | After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. | |
| January 15th, 1970 (January 15 1970) | Event | Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. | |
| January 15th, 1969 (January 15 1969) | Event | The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. | |
| January 15th, 1967 (January 15 1967) | Event | The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. | |
| January 15th, 1966 (January 15 1966) | Event | The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup d etat. | |
| January 15th, 1951 (January 15 1951) | Event | 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. | |
| January 15th, 1947 (January 15 1947) | Event | The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Event | World War II: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal. | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Event | World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. | |
| January 15th, 1943 (January 15 1943) | Event | The world s largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. | |
| January 15th, 1936 (January 15 1936) | Event | The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company). | |
| January 15th, 1919 (January 15 1919) | Event | Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps. | Rosa Luxemburg Quotes |
| January 15th, 1908 (January 15 1908) | Event | The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women. | |
| January 15th, 1892 (January 15 1892) | Event | James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. | James Smith Quotes |
| January 15th, 1889 (January 15 1889) | Event | The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. | |
| January 15th, 1870 (January 15 1870) | Event | 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). | |
| January 15th, 1865 (January 15 1865) | Event | American Civil WarFort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. | |
| January 15th, 1844 (January 15 1844) | Event | University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana. | |
| January 15th, 1822 (January 15 1822) | Event | Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly. | |
| January 15th, 1782 (January 15 1782) | Event | Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. | |
| January 15th, 1777 (January 15 1777) | Event | American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. | |
| January 15th, 1759 (January 15 1759) | Event | The British Museum opens. | |
| January 15th, 1582 (January 15 1582) | Event | Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. | |
| January 15th, 0588 (January 15 0588) | Event | Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC. | |
