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January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 350 days remaining until the end of the year (351 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. Events and trends 589 BC — Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt. Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar (c 630-562 BC was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Tzidkiyahu (צִדְקִיָּהוּ Şidhqiyyāhû; Greek: ζεδεκιας Zedekias; traditional English Zedekiah) was the last king of The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Events and trends 589 BC — Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt.
69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide. 69 (sex position & book by Ryu Murakami are -- already linked by "" with other meanings For other uses see Otho (disambiguation. Marcus Salvius Otho ( April 25, 32 – April 16, 69) also called Marcus Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC
1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Livonia (Līvõmō Latvian and Livonija Estonian: Liivimaa; Finnish: Liivinmaa; German and Swedish: Livland Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
1759 - The British Museum opens. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The term Vermont Republic has been used by 20th and 21st century writers to describe the period of the U Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Morris Jr (ˈmɒrɨs ( January 20, 1734 – May 9, 1806) was an American merchant and a signer to the United States The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures Coins for Currency. main - title Coin keywords numismatics coin review
1822 - Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman
1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union
1865 - American Civil War - Fort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States
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). Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The donkey or ass, Equus asinus, is a member of the Equidae or horse family and an odd-toed ungulate. Thomas Nast ( September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American Caricaturist and Editorial cartoonist Harper's Weekly ( A Journal of Civilization) was an American political Magazine based in New York City.
1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Coca-Cola Company ( is the world's largest beverage company largest manufacturer distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and Syrups in the world The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule
1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year James A Naismith (November 6 Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m
1908 - The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Alpha Kappa Alpha ( ΆΚΆ) is the first Greek-lettered Sorority established and incorporated by African American college women Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
1919 - Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rosa Luxemburg (Róża Luksemburg 5 March 1870 or 1871 15 January 1919 was a Polish-born Jewish German Marxist theorist, socialist ( August 13, 1871 - January 15, 1919) was a German Socialist and a co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The designation of Freikorps ( German for "Free Corps " was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of 18th century
1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company). Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Owens-Illinois ( is a Fortune 1000 company that specializes in Glass containers
1943 - World War II: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Guadalcanal (local name Isatabu) is a 2510- Square mile (6500- km²) Island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon
1943 - World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins. The 1943 battle of Voronezh (often credited in Russian as the liberation of Voronezh (освобождение Воронежа was a Soviet Counter-offensive
1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia.
1947 - The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short Leimert Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Los Angeles California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
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. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Ilse Koch, born Ilse Köhler ( September 22, 1906 – September 1, 1967) was the wife of Karl Koch, the commandant Buchenwald concentration camp (German Konzentrationslager or 'KZ' Buchenwald) was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain near Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (
1966 - The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup d’état. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 - January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian Politician, and the first Prime minister of an independent Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal
1967 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
1969 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Soyuz 5 was a Soyuz spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union on January 15 1969 that docked with Soyuz 4 in orbit
1970 - After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Republic of Biafra was a Secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria.
1970 - Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi 1 (معمر القذافي) (born 7 June 1942) also known as Colonel Gaddafi Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
1973 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam
1976 - Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Sara Jane Moore (born Sara Jane Kahn on February 15, 1930) attempted to Assassinate U
1977 - The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The 1977 Skyline Sweden Vickers Viscount 838 airplane crash was a scheduled Skyline Sweden passenger flight that crashed into a residential area on January 15 "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
1986 - The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Seas with Nemo & Friends (previously The Living Seas) is a pavilion in Future World at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista Florida Epcot is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international Culture and technological Innovation. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
1990 - AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information
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. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed
1992 - The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian:
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. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Salvatore Riina, also known as Totò Riina (born November 16, 1930, Corleone) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia who Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language Račak (in Serbian, also in Cyrillic Рачак or Reçak (in Albanian) is a village in central Kosovo located at. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state
2001 - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. ***************************************************************************************** * * A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language.
2005 - An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A solar flare is a violent explosion in a star's (like the Sun 's atmosphere releasing as much Energy as 6 × 1025 Joules Solar flares X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of Electromagnetic radiation. The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity.
2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon. The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member Calcium (ˈkælsiəm is the Chemical element with the symbol Ca and Atomic number 20 WikipediaNaming Silicon (ˈsɪlɪkən or /ˈsɪlɪkɒn/ silicium is the Chemical element that has the symbol Si and Atomic number 14 Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26
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. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Barzan Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti ( February 17 1951 – January 15, 2007) (sometimes known as Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Barasan Ibrahem Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Awad Hamad al-Bandar (عواد حمد بندر السعدون aka Awad Hamad Bandar Alsa'doon ( January 2, 1945 - January 15, 2007) was an

Births

1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. Philip the Bold (Philippe le Hardi also Philip II Duke of Burgundy ( January 15, 1342, Pontoise &ndash April 27, 1404 1404)
1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. Afonso V (ɐˈfõsu in Portuguese; English Alphonzo) or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese the African ( Port 1481)
1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. was the 11th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1494 to 1508 during the Muromachi period of Japan. 1511)
1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. was one of the leading Generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi-Momoyama period. 1599)
1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his Stage name, Molière, ( January 15, 1622 – February 17 1673) was a French 1673)
1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. Abraham de la Pryme ( 15 January, 1671 &ndash 12 June, 1704) was an English Antiquary. 1704)
1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon ( January 13, 1674 - June 17, 1762) was a French Poet and tragedian. 1762)
1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Philip Livingston ( January 15, 1716 &ndash June 12, 1778) was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. 1778)
1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Aikin ( January 15, 1747 &ndash December 7, 1822) was an English doctor and writer 1822)
1754 - Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Colonel Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin ( 15 January 1754 &ndash 6 January 1834) was an Irish politician and Animal 1834)
1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer ( January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872) an Austrian dramatic Poet, was born in 1872)
1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов alternative transcription Griboedov ( January 15, 1795 – February 1829)
1803 - Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Marjorie Fleming ( 15 January 1803 - 19 December 1811) was a child writer and poet born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 1811)
1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (ˈpruːd ɒn in British English, dɔ̃ in French) ( 15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was 1865)
1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812-1885 was a Norwegian writer and scholar 1885)
1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Marie-Fortunée Lafarge née Capelle ( January 15, 1816 - November 7, 1852) was a Frenchwoman who was convicted of murdering 1852)
1824 - Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Marie Duplessis ( January 15, 1824 - February 3, 1847) was a French Courtesan and mistress to a number 1847)
1841 - Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Frederick Arthur Stanley 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC ( 15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908 The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative 1908)
1842 - Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Blessed Mary MacKillop ( 15 January 1842 - 8 August 1909) was an Australian Roman Catholic Nun who together 1909)
1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Josef Breuer ( January 15, 1842 – June 20, 1925) was an Austrian Physician whose works lay the foundation of Psychoanalysis 1925)
1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link 1889)
1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Софья Васильевна Ковалевская 1891)
1855 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Aristides Damalas (Greek Aριστεíδης Δαμαλάς alternative spellings Aristidis or Aristide) known in France by the stage name Jacques 1889)
1859 - Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 &ndash 6 April 1920 was an Australian liberal conservative politician and Premier of South Australia. 1920)
1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wilhelm Marx ( January 15, 1863 August 5, 1946) was a German Lawyer Catholic Politician and a member of the The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1946)
1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom ( 15 January 1866 &ndash 12 July 1931) was a Swedish clergyman Archbishop of Uppsala in The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1931)
1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Stanisław Wyspiański was born on the 15th of January 1869 and died on the 28th of November 1907 in Kraków. 1907)
1870 - Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (d. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954 was president of the DuPont company from 1915 to 1919 and served on its Board of Directors until 1940 1954)
1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Arsen Kotsoyev (Коцойты Арсен ( January 15, 1872 - February 4, 1944) is one of the founders of Ossetic Prose, who 1944)
1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Edward Burke ( January 15, 1875 &ndash February 14, 1929) was an American athlete 1929)
1877 - Lewis Terman, American psychologist (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lewis Madison Terman (born 15 January 1877 in Johnson County Indiana, died 21 December 1956 in Palo Alto California) 1956)
1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mazo de la Roche ( January 15, 1879 &ndash July 12, 1961) born Mazo Louise Roche in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada 1961)
1882 - Princess Margaret of Sweden (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah later Crown Princess of Sweden; 15 January 1882 &ndash 1 May 1920)
1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lorenz Böhler ( January 15, 1885 &ndash January 20, 1973) was an Austrian Physician and famous surgeon 1973)
1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Huang Yuanyong (黃遠庸 (Pen name Huang Yuansheng 黃遠生 (1885 - 1915 was a renowned Chinese author and Journalist during the late Qing 1915)
1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Grover Cleveland Lowdermilk ( January 15, 1885 - March 31, 1968) was a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. 1968)
1890 - Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas “Tommy” or "Whitey" Fleming (born January 15 1890 in Beith, Scotland; died March 19 1965 in Quincy Massachusetts) was a Scottish 1965)
1891 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Raymond Johnson Chapman ( January 15, 1891 &ndash August 17, 1920) was an American Baseball player spending his entire 1920)
1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (also spelled Mandelshtam) (О́сип Эми́льевич Мандельшта́м ( &ndash December 27, 1938) was a 1938)
1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Rex Ingram ( January 15, 1892 &ndash July 21, 1950) was a Film director, producer writer and actor 1950)
1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common David Ivor Davies (15 January 1893 &ndash 6 March 1951 better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh Composer, Singer and Actor, who 1951)
1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ( pronounced) ( January 15, 1895 &ndash November 11, 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1973)
1897 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Brief Biography Xu was born in Haining Zhejiang. In 1915 he married Zhang Youyi and next year he went to Peiyang Univeristy ( Beiyang University 1931)
1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Goodman Ace (born Goodman Aiskowitz ( January 15, 1899 – March 25, 1982) was one of the most respected humourists in the 20th Century 1982)
1902 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Saud bin Abdul Aziz King of Saudi Arabia ( Kuwait, January 15, 1902 - Greece, February 23, 1969 ( Arabic: سعود بن عبد 1969)
1903 - Paul A. Dever, 58^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Paul Andrew Dever ( January 15, 1903 April 11, 1958) was a Democratic politician from Boston Massachusetts. The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1958)
1905 - Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Torin Thatcher ( 15 January, 1905 - 4 March, 1981) was a British actor born in Bombay, British India (now 1981)
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Aristotelis (also Ari or Aristo) Sokratis Onassis (Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης (January 15 1906 &ndash March 15 1975 was one 1975)
1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15 1908 &ndash September 9 2003 was a Hungarian -American theoretical Physicist 2003)
1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jean Bugatti, ( 15 January 1909 &ndash 11 August 1939) was an Italian French automotive 1939)
1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene Krupa ( January 15, 1909 &ndash October 16, 1973) was an influential American Jazz and Big band Drummer 1973)
1912 - Michel Debré, French politician (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Michel Debré (15 January 1912 2 August 1996 was a French Gaullist politician 1996)
1912 - Harry Hay, American gay rights activist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Harry Hay ( April 7, 1912, Worthing, England – October 24, 2002) was a leader in the Gay rights 2002)
1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr ( January 15, 1913 &ndash March 10, 1998) was an Emmy Award -nominated American Actor 1998)
1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Miriam Beatrice Hyde AO, OBE ( January 15, 1913 - January 11, 2005) was an Australian Composer 2005)
1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Baron Dacre of Glanton ( January 15, 1914 – January 26, 2003) was a British Historian 2003)
1918 - João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, pron. ʒu'ɐ̃w ba'tistɐ di oli'vejɾɐ figej'redu ( January 15, 1918 &ndash December 24, 1999 The President of Brazil is both the Head of state and Head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. 1999)
1918 - Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Édouard Cardinal Gagnon ( January 15, 1918 &ndash August 25, 2007) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal and 2007)
1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gamal Abdel Nasser (جمال عبد الناصر Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15 1918 September 28 1970) was the second President The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the elected Head of State of Egypt. 1970)
1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar For the former US Representative from New York see John J O'Connor. 2000)
1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Stephen Joseph "Steve" Gromek ( January 15 1920, Hamtramck Michigan – January 15 2002) was a Major League Baseball 2002)
1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor
1922 - Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Frank Thornton (born Frank Thornton Ball on 15 January 1921) is an English Actor who is best known for playing Captain Peacock Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Eric Archibald Willis KBE CMG ( January 15 1922 - May 10 1999) was Premier of New South Wales, Australia 1999)
1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 &ndash 3 March 2006 was a Scottish Poet, Songwriter and Humorist. 2006)
1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, U. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lee Teng-hui ( POJ: Lí Teng-hui born 15 January 1923 is a Politician of Taiwan. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Slenczynska (born January 15, 1925) is an American pianist S. pianist
1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Florence Buchsbaum ( January 15, 1926 – April 1, 1996) officially registered as "Gertrude Rosenberg" was born in Strasbourg 1996)
1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Maria Margarethe Anna Schell ( 15 January 1926, Vienna - 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an 2005)
1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress
1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Phyllis Coates (born as Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell on January 15, 1927 in Wichita Falls Texas) is an American film and television actress Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1968)
1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Gossett in Texas at the age of 17 after being trained by Cowboy Luttrell 1985)
1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author
1937 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress
1938 - Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
1939 - Tony Bullimore, English sailor and adventurer
1941 - Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist
1941 - Charo, Spanish entertainer
1943 - Mike Marshall, American baseball player
1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernest J Gaines (born January 15, 1933) a prominent African-American fiction writer is a writer-in-residence at the University of Louisiana at Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Margaret O'Brien (born January 15, 1937 in San Diego California) is an Academy Award -winning American Film actress Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Subimal Goswami ( January 15, 1938 -, commonly known by his nickname Chuni Goswami (চুনী গোস্বামী is an Indian international Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Bullimore (born circa 1939 is a British Sailor from Bristol. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Van Vliet (born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale California, U María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza Rasten (born March 13, 1951, though other sources state 1941 better known as Charo, is a Spanish Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Grant (Mike "Iron Mike" Marshall (born January 15, 1943 in Adrian Michigan) is a retired Major League Baseball Pitcher Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Vincent Walker Foster Jr ( January 15, 1945 &ndash July 20, 1993) was a Deputy White House Counsel during the first term of President 1993)
1945 - William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) William Richard "Rich" Higgins (January 15 1945 &ndash July 6 1990 was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in 1988 while serving on a United 1990)
1945 - Princess Michael of Kent, British royal
1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Princess Michael of Kent (Marie Christine née Baroness Marie Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz 15 January 1945 is a member of the British Royal Family. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15 1947) is an American - Canadian Actress and comedienne. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant (January 15 1948 – October 20 1977 was the lead vocalist primary lyricist and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (ˌlɛnɚdˈskɪnɝd is an American Southern rock band 1977)
1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luis César Alvarado Martínez ( January 15, 1949 - March 20, 2001) born in Lajas Puerto Rico, was an utility Infielder 1987)
1949 - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer
1953 - Kent Hovind, American evangelist
1953 - Ta-Tanisha, American actress
1953 - Randy White, American football player
1954 - Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
1954 - Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino writer
1955 - Nigel Benson, English author
1956 - Mayawati, Indian politician
1957 - Patrick Dixon, English entrepreneur
1957 - Marty Lyons, American football player
1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor
1958 - Boris Tadić, President of Serbia
1959 - Pete Trewavas, English musician (Marillion)
1959 - Sister Carol, Jamaican reggae singer
1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor
1960 - Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer
1961 - Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director
1962 - Creflo Dollar, American televangelist
1962 - Conrad Lant, English musician
1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool)
1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
1968 - Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty
1969 - Delino DeShields, American baseball player
1970 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler
1971 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor
1971 - Teanna Kai, American porn star
1971 - Regina King, American actress
1972 - Kobe Tai, American porn star
1972 - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
1973 - Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
1974 - Ray King, American baseball player
1975 - Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
1975 - Mary Pierce, French tennis player
1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player
1976 - Dorian Missick, American actor
1978 - Eddie Cahill, American actor
1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
1979 - Drew Brees, American football player
1979 - Young Dro, American rapper
1979 - Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and taichi champ
1979 - Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player
1981 - Howie Day, American singer
1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1981 - Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby union footballer
1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
1982 - Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
1982 - Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
1983 - Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
1984 - Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
1984 - Megan Quann, American swimmer
1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor
1985 - Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
1986 - Fred Davis, American football player
1987 - Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
1987 - Aria C Jalali, American musician
1987 - David Knight, English footballer
1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor
1990 - Chris Warren Jr., American actor

Deaths

69 - Galba, Roman Emperor (b. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Panos Mihalopoulos (Πάνος Μιχαλόπουλος born January 15 1949 in Kalamata is a very popular Greek actor Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marius Trésor (born January 15, 1950 in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe) is a retired football defender from France Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kent E Hovind (born January 15 1953) is an American Young Earth creationist and Conspiracy theorist currently serving time in Ta-Tanisha (born January 15, 1953) is an American Character actress, best known for her role as Pam on the television series Room 222 Randy Lee White (born January 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) was an American football player Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Arguably the best football goalkeeper Greece has ever produced Nikos Sarganis was born on January 15, 1954, in Rafina, Attica Jose Y Dalisay Jr (born January 15, 1954) is a Filipino writer Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Nigel C Benson (born January 15, 1955) is a British author and illustrator Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mayawati Naina Kumari ( Hindi: मायावती (born January 15, 1956) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Dr Patrick Dixon is a business thinker and Futurist. His Web TV site has more than 11 million unique users Martin A Lyons (born January 15, 1957) is a former American Football Defensive tackle who played his entire eleven year career from 1979 to Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957 in Mexico City Mexico) is a American director and Actor who has appeared Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boris Tadić (Борис Тадић born January 15, 1958) is a Serbian politician and the current President of Serbia. The President of Serbia is the Head of state of the Republic of Serbia. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pete Trewavas (born Peter Trewavas 15 January 1959, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England) is an English Musician Marillion are a British rock group Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979 their recorded studio output comprises Carol Theresa East (born 15 January 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican Reggae Recording artist. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kelly Adam Asbury (born January 15, 1960 in Beaumont Texas) is an American director writer actor and author Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is a highly-honored contemporary Composer. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yves P Pelletier (also credited as Yves Pelletier) is a Canadian director of Québécois films and an Actor and Comedian Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Creflo Augustus Dollar Jr (born January 28, 1962 in College Park, Georgia) is a Televangelist, Word of Faith teacher Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Conrad Thomas Lant (aka Cronos) born in London UK in 15 january 1962, is a musician who is the vocalist and bass player of the influential Black Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Osmo Tapio Everton Räihälä (born January 15, 1964 in Suomussalmi, Finland) is a Finnish Composer of Contemporary music Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Maurizio Fondriest (born January 15, 1965) is a retired Italian professional Road racing cyclist. Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (born January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American boxer Adam Jones may refer to Sports Adam Jones (American football, formerly known as Pacman Jones NFL cornerback currently playing for the Dallas Cowboys Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965 is a Northern Irish actor Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles “Chad” Lowe (born January 15, 1968) is an American television actor and the brother of actor Rob Lowe. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Delino Lamont DeShields (born January 15 1969 in Seaford Delaware) is a former Second baseman in Major League Baseball who played Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15 1970 Shane has served as Executive Vice President of WWE Global Media overseeing International Television Distribution Live Event bookings Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Maxton Gig Beesley Jr (born 15 January, 1971) is an English Actor and Musician, whose stage name is Max Beesley. Teanna Kai (born March 25, Adult entertainment career She was the Pet of the Month for Penthouse Magazine for October 2001 Regina King (born January 15, 1971) is an American film and television actress Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kobe Tai (born January 15, 1972) is a live-action erotica actress of Taiwanese and Japanese heritage Claudia Anne Mary I Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is a British Television presenter and Journalist. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Essam El-Hadary (عصام الدين كمال توفيق الحضري (born January 15 1973 is an Egyptian Goalkeeper, playing for Swiss side FC Sion Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Raymond Keith King (born January 15, 1974 in Chicago Illinois) is a Major League Baseball Relief pitcher currently in the Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edith Eleanor Bowman (born 15 January 1975 is a Scottish television and Radio presenter. Mary Pierce (born January 15 1975 in Montreal, Canada is a Tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA tour. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Corey Lamonte Chavous (CHAY-vuss (born January 15, 1976 in Aiken South Carolina) is an American football player who currently plays Strong Dorian Missick (born January 15, 1976) is a Bahamian -American actor best known for his roles as Damian in Six Degrees and Victor Vance Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Eddie Cahill (born January 15, 1978) is an American Actor best known for playing the role of Det Franco Pellizotti (born January 15, 1978 in Latisana, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) is an Italian professional Road Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Drew Christopher Brees (born January 15, 1979 in Austin, Texas) is an American football Quarterback for the New D' Juan Hart (born in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American rapper better known by his stage name Young Dro who is signed to the Grand Ken Chu (朱孝天 Pinyin: Zhū Xiàotiān was born in Taiwan on January 15, 1979 and educated in Singapore. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Martin Petyov Petrov (Мартин Петьов Петров (born 15 January 1979 in Vratsa, Vratsa Province) is a Bulgarian Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Thomas "Matt" Holliday (born January 15, 1980, in) nicknamed "Big Daddy" is the starting Left fielder for the Colorado Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Howard Kern Day (born in Bangor Maine) is an American Singer-songwriter. El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (الحاج ديوف (born January 15 1981) is a Senegalese footballer He plays for Sunderland and Senegal Sean Lamont (born 15 January 1981 in Perth Scotland) is a Scottish Rugby union player who plays on the wing for Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Personal life Benjamin Agosto was born January 15, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois Armando Antonio Galarraga (born January 15 1982 in Cumana Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Prince Philip Karageorgevich (born 15 January 1982 in Fairfax Virginia) is a member of the Yugoslavian Royal Family. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b January 15, 1982 in Fairfax Virginia) is a member of the Yugoslavian royal family Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (born 15 January 1983 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool. Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana ( pron 'ugu vi'ɐnɐ born January 15, 1983 in Barcelos) is a Portuguese football player Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Megan Jendrick (born Megan Quann on January 15 1984 in Tacoma Washington) is an American swimmer. Megan Jendrick (born Megan Quann on January 15 1984 in Tacoma Washington) is an American swimmer. Victor Rasuk (born January 15, 1984) is an American Actor. Rasuk was born in Harlem New York of Dominican descent Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kenneth Emil Petersen (born 15 January 1985) is a Danish professional football defender who currently plays for the Danish Superliga Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Fred Davis (born January 15, 1986 in) is an American football Tight end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Barbara Jean "Barbie" Blank (born January 15 1987 is an American model and Professional wrestling valet, dancer and wrestler David Knight (born 15 January 1987 in Houghton, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Swansea City Michael James Seater (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian actor Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Chris Warren Jr (born Christopher Warren Jr on January 15, 1990) is an American Actor. 69 (sex position & book by Ryu Murakami are -- already linked by "" with other meanings Servius Sulpicius Galba ( December 24, 3 BC &ndash January 15, 69) also called Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 3 BC)
570 - Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. Year 3 BC was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Events By Place Europe Spoleto becomes the capital of an independent duchy under the Lombard chieftain Saint Ita, also known as Saint Ida or Saint Ides, (c 475 &ndash January 15, 570) was an Irish Nun. 475)
936 - King Rudolph of France
1345 - Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler
1595 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. Events By place Western Roman Empire 28 August — Flavius Orestes forces western Julius Nepos to flee and declares Events By Place Asia King Taejo of Goryeo (Wanggeon defeats Hubaekje. Rudolph (also Radulf, Ralph, or Raoul) (died 15 January 936) was the Duke of Burgundy between 921 and 923 and king Martino Zaccaria (died 15 January 1345) was the lord of Phocea and Chios from 1314 to 1330 Murad III ( Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثالث Murād-i sālis, Turkish: III The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1546)
1623 - Fra Paolo Sarpi, Italian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer (b. Paolo Sarpi ( August 14, 1552 &ndash January 15, 1623) was an Italian patriot scholar scientist and church reformer. 1552)
1672 - John Cosin, English clergyman (b. John Cosin ( November 30, 1594 &ndash January 15, 1672) was an English churchman 1594)
1683 - Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. Sir Philip Warwick (December 24 1609 - January 15 1683 English Writer and Politician, born in Westminster, was the son of Thomas Warwick 1609)
1775 - Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian composer (b. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700 or 1701 &ndash January 15, 1775 1700 or 1701)
1781 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mariana Victoria of Bourbon (Mariana Vitória ( March 31, 1718 &ndash January 15, 1781) was Queen consort of Portugal 1718)
1790 - John Landen, English mathematician (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Landen ( 23 January 1719 &ndash 15 January 1790) was an English Mathematician, He was born at Peakirk 1719)
1804 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dru Drury ( February 4, 1725 &ndash January 15, 1804) was a British Entomologist, one of the foremost of his time 1725)
1815 - Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Emma Lady Hamilton (born 1761 baptised 26 April 1765 &ndash 15 January 1815 is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George 1761
1864 - Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Isaac Nathan was an English - Australian Composer, Musicologist, Journalist and self-publicist (c 1792)
1876 - Eliza Johnson, U. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Elizabeth McCardle Johnson ( October 4, 1810 in Greeneville Tennessee &ndash January 15, 1876 in Greeneville Tennessee was S. First Lady (b. 1810)
1885 - Leopold Damrosch, German-American orchestral conductor (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leopold Damrosch ( October 22, 1832 &ndash February 15, 1885) was a German American orchestral conductor. 1832)
1893 - Fanny Kemble, British actress and author (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article refers an actress For other uses of the proper noun Kemble see the disambiguation page entitled Kemble. 1809)
1896 - Mathew Brady, U. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Note that Mathew B Brady spelled his first name with only one "t" S. photographer (b. 1822)
1909 - Arnold Janssen missionary (b. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Saint Arnold Janssen ( November 5, 1837 – January 15, 1909) was a Roman Catholic Priest best known for founding the 1837)
1916 - Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( Russian: Модест Ильич Чайковский, May 13 May 1 1850 Alapaevsk – January 15 January 1850)
1919 - Rosa Luxemburg, German politician (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rosa Luxemburg (Róża Luksemburg 5 March 1870 or 1871 15 January 1919 was a Polish-born Jewish German Marxist theorist, socialist 1870)
1919 - Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ( August 13, 1871 - January 15, 1919) was a German Socialist and a co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist 1871)
1926 - Enrico Toselli, Italian composer (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Enrico Toselli ( March 13, 1883 Florence - January 15, 1926 Florence was a Italian Pianist and Composer 1883)
1936 - Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Governor-General of Australia (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry William Forster 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL ( 31 January 1866 &ndash 15 January 1936) was the The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia (currently Elizabeth II Queen of Australia) 1866)
1945 - Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Wilhelm Wirtinger ( 15 July 1865 &ndash 15 January 1945) was an Austrian Mathematician. 1865)
1947 - Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short 1924)
1950 - Gen Henry "Hap" Arnold, U. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold GCB ( June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was a five-star General officer S. General of the Air Force (b. 1886)
1952 - Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Michael "Ned" Hanlon (1887-1952 was Premier of Queensland from 1946 to 1952 1887)
1955 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy ( January 5, 1900 &ndash January 15, 1955) was a Surrealist painter 1900)
1964 - Jack Teagarden, American musician (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden ( August 20, 1905 &ndash January 15, 1964) was an influential Jazz Trombonist and 1905)
1967 - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. David Davidovich Burliuk (Давид Давидович Бурлюк Давид Давидович Бурлюк ( July 21, 1882 – January 15, 1882)
1968 - Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William "Bill" Masterton ( August 13, 1938 – January 15, 1968 was a Canadian -born centre in the National Hockey League 1938)
1970 - William T. Piper, American aircraft designer (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Thomas Piper Sr ( 8 January 1881 Knapps Creek New York U 1881)
1972 - Daisy Ashford, English child writer (The Young Visiters) (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daisy Ashford, full name Margaret Mary Julia Ashford (later Devlin) (7 April 1881-15 January 1972 was an English writer who is most famous for writing 1881)
1973 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky, also Petrovskii (Иван Георгиевич Петровский ( January 18, 1901, Sevsk – January 15 1901)
1973 - Coleman Francis, American film director (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Coleman C Francis ( January 24, 1919 &ndash January 15, 1973) was an American Film director and Actor. 1919)
1983 - Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Meyer Lansky (born Majer Suchowliński, July 4, 1902 &ndash January 15, 1983) was a gangster who with Charles 1902)
1983 - Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Shepperd Strudwick (born John Shepperd, 22 September 1907 &ndash 15 January 1983 1907)
1987 - Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Ray Bolger ( January 10 1904 – January 15 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen best known for his portrayal of 1904)
1988 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 &ndash 15 January 1988 was a prominent international politician. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1904)
1990 - Dame Peggy van Praagh, British ballet dancer, choreographer, director (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Dame Margaret (Peggy van Praagh DBE ( 1 September 1910, London England &ndash 15 January 1990, Melbourne 1910)
1990 - [[RAHUL SHANTARAM KURKUT (actor)IN INDIA ,"BIG BROTHAR" 1923)
1992 - Dee Murray, English bassist (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Dee Murray (3 April 1946 - 15 January 1992 was an English Bassist, best known as a member of Elton John 's original rock band 1946)
1993 - Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Sammy Cahn ( June 18, 1913 &ndash January 15, 1993) was a 4-time Academy Award -winning American lyricist songwriter 1913)
1994 - Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Georges (originally György) Cziffra ( November 5, 1921 &ndash January 15, 1921
1994 - Harry Nilsson, American musician (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Harry Edward Nilsson III ( June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994) was an American Songwriter, singer Pianist, and 1941)
1995 - Vera Maxwell, American fashion designer (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Vera Huppe Maxwell (b April 22, 1901, New York City - d January 15, 1995, Rincón Puerto Rico) was a legendary sportswear 1901)
1996 - Minnesota Fats, American billiards player (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) 1913)
1996 - Les Baxter, American musician and composer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Les Baxter ( March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer 1922)
1996 - Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Moshoeshoe II ( May 2, 1938 - January 15, 1996) previously known as Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was the paramount chief of Lesotho 1938)
1998 - Junior Wells, American musician (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Junior Wells ( December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) born Amos Blakemore, was a blues Vocalist and Harmonica 1934)
1999 - Betty Box, British film producer (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Betty Box ( September 15, 1915 - January 15, 1999) was a prolific British Film producer. 1915)
2000 - Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Georges-Henri Lévesque ( February 16, 1903 &ndash January 15, 2000) was a Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist 1903)
2000 - Fran Ryan, American actress (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Fran Ryan ( November 29, 1916 &ndash January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films 1916)
2000 - Željko Ražnatović, aka Arkan, Serbian paramilitary leader (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Željko Ražnatović (ˈʑěʎko raˈʑnâtovitɕ Serbian cyrillic: Жељко Ражнатовић widely known as Arkan (Аркан (April 17 1952 A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force but which are not regarded as having the same status 1952)
2001 - Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ted Mann ( April 16, 1916 &ndash January 15, 2001) was an American Businessman, involved in the Film industry 1916)
2002 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen Joseph "Steve" Gromek ( January 15 1920, Hamtramck Michigan – January 15 2002) was a Major League Baseball 1920)
2003 - Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Doris Fisher may refer to Doris Fisher (singer (1915-2003 United States singer and songwriter Doris Fisher Baroness Fisher of Rednal 1915)
2005 - Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Janeway ( October 7, 1913 – January 15, 2005) was an American Author and Critic. 1913)
2005 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dame Ruth Elizabeth Warrick ( June 29, 1915 – January 15, 2005), DM, OSJ, Regend of Cathedral of St 1915)
2005 - Walter Ernsting, German author (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Walter Ernsting ( 13 June 1920 - 15 January 2005) was a German Science fiction and fantasy author who mainly published under 1920)
2005 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Victoria de los Ángeles (in Catalan Victòria dels Àngels ( November 1, 1923 &ndash January 15 1923)
2005 - Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Deem Reginald Bristow ( April 11, 1947 – January 15, 2005) was an Actor and Voice actor. 1947)
2005 - Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dan Lee ( May 19 1969 - January 15, 2005) was a Canadian Animator, best known as the creator of the title character from 1969)
2006 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, GCB, GCMG ( صاحب السمو الأمير الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح)‎ ( June This is an (incomplete list of Emirs of Kuwait: The Sabah dynasty came to power in 1752 before which date the Bani Khalid tribe ruled the region 1926)
2007 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Bo Yibo ( ( February 17, 1908 &ndash January 15, 2007) was a Chinese politician and one of the Eight Immortals of the Communist 1908)
2007 - James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Not to be confused with the British actor James Hillier (actor. An electron microscope is a type of Microscope that uses Electrons to illuminate a specimen and create an enlarged image 1915)
2007 - Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Awad Hamad al-Bandar (عواد حمد بندر السعدون aka Awad Hamad Bandar Alsa'doon ( January 2, 1945 - January 15, 2007) was an 1945) (executed)
2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Barzan Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti ( February 17 1951 – January 15, 2007) (sometimes known as Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Barasan Ibrahem Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 1951) (executed)
2007 - David Vanole, American soccer player (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January David Charles Vanole ( February 6 1963 - January 15 2007) was a U 1963)
2007 - Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pura Santillan-Castrence ( March 24, 1905 — January 15, 2007) was a Filipino Writer and Diplomat. 1905)
2008 - Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Game Designer (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Mark Haigh-Hutchinson (1964— January 15, 2008) was an English Video game developer. 1964)
2008 - Brad Renfro, American actor (b. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Brad Barron Renfro (July 25 1982 – January 15 2008 was an American actor 1982)

Holidays and observances

Roman Empire - Second day of the Carmentalia in honor of Carmenta. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Carmentalia was the feast day ( 11 January and 15 January) of the Roman goddess Carmenta, an ancient oracle who later was deified by the Romans For the Genus of Lepidoptera, see Carmenta (moth In Roman mythology, Carmenta was the goddess of childbirth and
Malawi - John Chilembwe Day. The Republic of Malawi (məˈlɑːwi or; formerly Nyasaland) is in southern Africa. Reverend John Chilembwe (1871 &ndash February 3, 1915) was an orthodox Baptist educator and an early figure in resistance
North Korea - Korean Alphabet Day. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Hangul Day &mdash also called Hangul Proclamation Day or Korean Alphabet Day &mdash is a Korean national commemorative day marking the invention and the proclamation
United States - Traditionally, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Martin Luther King Jr Day is a United States Holiday marking the birthdate of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr
Kerala in India - Makaravilakku or Makara Sankranthy at Sabarimala. Kerala ( Malayalam: {{Kerala in Malayalam}}; India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Makaravilakku is a festival in Kerala, India. This event happens in the shrine of Sabarimala. Sabarimala ( Malayalam: ശബരിമല Kannada: ಶಬರಿಮಲೆ, Tamil: சபரி மைல Telugu: శబరిమల) is a
Jallikattu in South India. Jallikattu - ஜல்லிகட்டு is a wild bull taming Sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebration South India is the area encompassing India 's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union
St. Abeluzius in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Roman Catholic Church - Saint Ita, virgin, died January 15, 570. Abeluzius is a Saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (in transliterated Amharic: Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is an Oriental Saint Ita, also known as Saint Ida or Saint Ides, (c 475 &ndash January 15, 570) was an Irish Nun. Events By Place Europe Spoleto becomes the capital of an independent duchy under the Lombard chieftain
St. Macarius of Egypt
St. Paul the Hermit
January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). Macarius of Egypt (ca 300-391 was an Egyptian Christian monk and Hermit. Saint Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Saint Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite (d Jan 14 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 16 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 28 by Old Calendarists

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