January, 15th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 15, 2001:
Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online.

Friday 15, 1999:
The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak were killed by Yugoslav security forces.

Sunday 15, 1995:
Caretaker, the first episode of airs, with Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) at the helm.

Wednesday 15, 1992:
The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Tuesday 15, 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.

Monday 15, 1990:
AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.

Wednesday 15, 1986:
The HBO and Cinemax pay cable television services initiate scrambling of their national satellite feeds on Galaxy 1 with the Videocipher II system.

Thursday 15, 1976:
Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.

Wednesday 15, 1975:
Portugal grants independence to Angola.

Tuesday 15, 1974:
Happy Days premiers on ABC.

Monday 15, 1973:
Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.

Thursday 15, 1970:
Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.

Wednesday 15, 1969:
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.

Sunday 15, 1967:
Super Bowl I is played -- The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

Saturday 15, 1966:
1966- First Military Coup in Nigeria, government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown.

Monday 15, 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.

Friday 15, 1943:
The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia).

Wednesday 15, 1936:
The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company).

Wednesday 15, 1919:
Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland.

Wednesday 15, 1908:
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek-letter organization by and for Black college women is established.

Friday 15, 1892:
James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball.

Saturday 15, 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).

Monday 15, 1844:
University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.

Tuesday 15, 1782:
Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.

Wednesday 15, 1777:
American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.

Monday 15, 1759:
The British Museum opens.

Friday 15, 1582:
Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland.

Thursday 15, 1559:
Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Tuesday 15, 69:
Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only survives for three months before committing suicide.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/15-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 15

1984:
Jeremiah Cohick, American student and Apple Switcher (b: January 15, 1984) (Biography of Jeremiah Cohick)
Megan Quann, American swimmer (b: January 15, 1984) (Biography of Megan Quann)
Victor Rasuk, American actor (b: January 15, 1984) (Biography of Victor Rasuk)

1982:
Benjamin Agosto, American skater (b: January 15, 1982) (Biography of Benjamin Agosto)

1981:
El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer (b: January 15, 1981) (Biography of El Hadji Diouf)

1976:
Corey Chavous, American football player (b: January 15, 1976) (Biography of Corey Chavous)

1975:
Mary Pierce, French-American tennis player (b: January 15, 1975) (Biography of Mary Pierce)

1971:
Regina King, American actress (b: January 15, 1971) (Biography of Regina King)

1968:
Chad Lowe, American actor (b: January 15, 1968) (Biography of Chad Lowe)

1965:
Adam Jones, American musician (Tool) (b: January 15, 1965) (Biography of Adam Jones)

1957:
Mario Van Peebles, Mexican actor and director (b: January 15, 1957) (Biography of Mario Van Peebles)
Julian Sands, English actor (b: January 15, 1957) (Biography of Julian Sands)

1953:
Kent Hovind, American evangelist (b: January 15, 1953) (Biography of Kent Hovind)

1948:
Ronnie VanZant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b: January 15, 1948 ; d: October 20, 1977) (Biography of Ronnie VanZant)

1947:
Andrea Martin, Canadian actress (b: January 15, 1947) (Biography of Andrea Martin)

1945:
Vince Foster, American lawyer (b: January 15, 1945 ; d: June 20, 1993) (Biography of Vince Foster)

1942:
Charo, Spanish-born singer and actress (b: January 15, 1942) (Biography of Charo)

1941:
Captain Beefheart, American singer (b: January 15, 1941) (Biography of Captain Beefheart)

1937:
Margaret O'Brien, American actress (b: January 15, 1937) (Biography of Margaret O'Brien)

1933:
Ernest J. Gaines, American author (b: January 15, 1933) (Biography of Ernest J. Gaines)

1929:
Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: January 15, 1929) (Biography of Martin Luther King Jr)

1927:
Norm Crosby, comedian (b: January 15, 1927) (Biography of Norm Crosby)
Phyllis Coates, actress (b: January 15, 1927) (Biography of Phyllis Coates)

1926:
Maria Schell, Swiss actress (b: January 15, 1926 ; d: April 26, 2005) (Biography of Maria Schell)

1923:
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician (b: January 15, 1923) (Biography of Lee Teng-hui)

1920:
John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (b: January 15, 1920) (Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor)

1918:
Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (b: January 15, 1918 ; d: September 28, 1970) (Biography of Gamal Abdal Nasser)
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, Brazilian politician (b: January 15, 1918 ; d: December 24, 1999) (Biography of João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo)

1916:
Marie LaFarge, convicted murderer (b: January 15, 1916) (Biography of Marie LaFarge)

1914:
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b: January 15, 1914 ; d: January 26, 2003) (Biography of Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton)

1913:
Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b: January 15, 1913 ; d: March 10, 1998) (Biography of Lloyd Bridges)

1909:
Gene Krupa, American drummer (b: January 15, 1909 ; d: October 17, 1973) (Biography of Gene Krupa)
Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (b: January 15, 1909 ; d: August 11, 1939) (Biography of Jean Bugatti)

1908:
Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b: January 15, 1908 ; d: September 9, 2003) (Biography of Edward Teller)

1899:
Goodman Ace, American actor, comedian, and writer (b: January 15, 1899) (Biography of Goodman Ace)

1895:
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 15, 1895 ; d: November 11, 1973) (Biography of Artturi Ilmari Virtanen)

1893:
Ivor Novello, Welsh actor and musician (b: January 15, 1893 ; d: March 6, 1951) (Biography of Ivor Novello)

1892:
Rex Ingram, Irish director and writer (b: January 15, 1892) (Biography of Rex Ingram (director))

1891:
Ray Chapman, baseball player (b: January 15, 1891) (Biography of Ray Chapman)
Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and essayist (b: January 15, 1891) (Biography of Osip Mandelstam)

1885:
Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (b: January 15, 1885) (Biography of Huang Yuanyong)

1879:
Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b: January 15, 1879) (Biography of Mazo de la Roche)

1875:
Tom Burke, American runner (b: January 15, 1875 ; d: February 14, 1929) (Biography of Tom Burke)

1869:
Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b: January 15, 1869) (Biography of Stanislaw Wyspianski)

1866:
Nathan Söderblom, Swedish minister, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: January 15, 1866 ; d: July 12, 1931) (Biography of Nathan Söderblom)

1863:
Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b: January 15, 1863) (Biography of Wilhelm Marx)

1850:
Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (b: January 15, 1850 ; d: June 15, 1889) (Biography of Mihai Eminescu)

1842:
Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b: January 15, 1842 ; d: June 20, 1925) (Biography of Josef Breuer)

1809:
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (b: January 15, 1809 ; d: January 19, 1865) (Biography of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon)

1791:
Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (1872) (b: January 15, 1791 ; d: January 21, 1872) (Biography of Franz Grillparzer)

1754:
Richard Martin, Irish founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (b: January 15, 1754) (Biography of Richard Martin)

1747:
John Aikin, English doctor and writer (b: January 15, 1747) (Biography of John Aikin)

1674:
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b: January 15, 1674 ; d: June 17, 1762) (Biography of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon)

1671:
Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (b: January 15, 1671) (Biography of Abraham de la Pryme)

1622:
Molière, French playwright (b: January 15, 1622 ; d: February 17, 1673) (Biography of Molière)

1538:
Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b: January 15, 1538 ; d: April 27, 1599) (Biography of Maeda Toshiie)

1481:
Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) (b: January 15, 1481 ; d: September 6, 1511) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshizumi)

1432:
King Afonso V of Portugal (b: January 15, 1432 ; d: August 28, 1481) (Biography of Afonso V of Portugal)

1342:
Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b: January 15, 1342 ; d: April 27, 1404) (Biography of Philip II, Duke of Burgundy)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/15-january/births.html

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They left us on January 15

2005:
Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b: November 1, 1923 ; d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Victoria de los Angeles)
Deem Bristow (d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Deem Bristow)
Walter Ernsting (d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Walter Ernsting)
Elizabeth Janeway (d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Elizabeth Janeway)
Dan Lee (d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Dan Lee)
Ruth Warrick, American actress (b: June 29, 1915 ; d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Ruth Warrick)

2003:
Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b: May 2, 1915 ; d: January 15, 2003) (Biography of Doris Fisher)

2001:
Ted Mann (d: January 15, 2001) (Biography of Ted Mann)

2000:
Zeljko Raznatovic (d: January 15, 2000) (Biography of Zeljko Raznatovic)

1998:
Junior Wells, American musician (b: December 9, 1934 ; d: January 15, 1998) (Biography of Junior Wells)

1994:
Harry Nilsson, American singer and composer (b: June 15, 1941 ; d: January 15, 1994) (Biography of Harry Nilsson)

1993:
Sammy Cahn, American composer (b: June 18, 1913 ; d: January 15, 1993) (Biography of Sammy Cahn)

1990:
Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (b: December 19, 1923 ; d: January 15, 1990) (Biography of Gordon Jackson (actor))

1987:
Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, dancer (b: January 10, 1904 ; d: January 15, 1987) (Biography of Ray Bolger)

1983:
Meyer Lansky, Russian-born mobster (b: July 4, 1902 ; d: January 15, 1983) (Biography of Meyer Lansky)

1964:
Jack Teagarden, American musician (b: August 20, 1905 ; d: January 15, 1964) (Biography of Jack Teagarden)

1955:
Yves Tanguy, French painter (b: January 5, 1900 ; d: January 15, 1955) (Biography of Yves Tanguy)

1919:
Rosa Luxemburg, German revolutionary (b: March 5, 1871 ; d: January 15, 1919) (Biography of Rosa Luxemburg)

1915:
Mary Slessor (d: January 15, 1915) (Biography of Mary Slessor)

1683:
Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b: December 24, 1609 ; d: January 15, 1683) (Biography of Philip Warwick)

1672:
John Cosin, English clergyman (b: November 30, 1594 ; d: January 15, 1672) (Biography of John Cosin)

1595:
Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b: July 4, 1546 ; d: January 15, 1595) (Biography of Murat III)

570:
Saint Ides (d: January 15, 570) (Biography of Saint Ides)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/15-january/deaths.html