What Happened Today in History Enter your email address     What Historical Events Happened On My Birthday? See what happened Today in History Do you want to memorialize special event on a special date on DatesInHistory.com? Add your own Personal Historic listing HERE for free! Tell the world when you were born, engaged, married, .... See what makes January 15 special at Famous Daily. History, birthdays, holiday, and a quote! What happened on January 15 January 15, 0069 "Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only survives for three months before committing suicide." January 15, 0588 "BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 18, 586 BC." January 15, 1559 "Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury." January 15, 1582 "Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland, loses access to the Baltic" January 15, 1586 Battle at Boxum Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army January 15, 1680 French explorer Sieur de la Salle builds Fort CrŠvecoeur January 15, 1752 Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism January 15, 1754 Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam January 15, 1759 "British Museum opens in Montague House, London" January 15, 1759 The British Museum opens. January 15, 1759 UK hist British Museum opens to the public in London January 15, 1762 Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City NY January 15, 1777 People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England January 15, 1780 Continental Congress establishes court of appeals January 15, 1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. January 15, 1785 Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres January 15, 1797 The first top hat worn (John Etherington of London) January 15, 1831 The fir1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes first run January 15, 1831 "The first US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr & Mrs Pierson, Charleston SC" January 15, 1833 HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego January 15, 1844 The University of Notre Dame is founded January 15, 1844 U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana January 15, 1844 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. January 15, 1847 "The first Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in New York City NY" January 15, 1851 General Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera January 15, 1857 "The first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain" January 15, 1861 Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis January 15, 1863 "The first US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal" January 15, 1865 "American Civil War - Fort Fisher North Carolina Falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy" January 15, 1865 "Fort Fisher, NC falls to Union troops" January 15, 1866 "Bedrich Smetana's opera ""Branibori vs Cechach,"" premieres in Prague" January 15, 1870 "A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (""A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion"" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly)." January 15, 1870 Cartoonist Thomas Nast originates the donkey as a symbol to identify the Democratic party in a political cartoon appearing in Harper's Weekly. January 15, 1870 "Donkey first used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly" January 15, 1877 "US Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens" January 15, 1882 The First US ski club forms (Berlin NH) January 15, 1885 Wilson Bentley takes the first photograph of a snowflake. January 15, 1886 "Weekly Herald, first Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes first issue" January 15, 1892 "Dr. James Naismith publishes, for the first time, the thirteen rules of basketball the game he invented the previous winter, in Springfield, Massachusetts." January 15, 1892 James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. January 15, 1895 "Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record" January 15, 1895 "French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar" January 15, 1907 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest January 15, 1907 "Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them" January 15, 1908 "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek-letter organization by and for Black college women is established." January 15, 1908 C Hill & R J Hartigan make 8th wicket partnership 243 for Australia January 15, 1913 Telephone service begins between New York and Berlin. January 15, 1915 Japan claims economic control of China January 15, 1919 2 million gallons of molasses spill in a tidal wave that drowns 21 in Boston MA January 15, 1919 Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland. January 15, 1919 Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland January 15, 1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski becomes the first premier of the new republic of Poland. January 15, 1919 "Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, were tortured and murdered by the Freikorps." January 15, 1919 Semana Tragica (Tragic Week) Bloodbath in Buenos Aires January 15, 1919 The Boston Molasses Disaster kills 21 people. January 15, 1920 "Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to sell beer and liquor." January 15, 1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes first premier January 15, 1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes the country of Memel January 15, 1924 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms January 15, 1925 "Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP" January 15, 1929 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta. - USA January 15, 1930 George Headley scores century on debut vs England (made 176) January 15, 1934 "8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die" January 15, 1934 "Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)" January 15, 1934 "In Bihar-Nepal, India a 8.4 earthquake resulted in 10,700 deaths" January 15, 1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition January 15, 1936 Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants January 15, 1936 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates January 15, 1936 "The first all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio" January 15, 1939 Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal January 15, 1940 German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk January 15, 1942 FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII January 15, 1943 "1,000 workers complete the air conditioning system for the Pentagon" January 15, 1943 Japanese driven off Guadalcanal January 15, 1943 "The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia)." January 15, 1943 "Work is completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense." January 15, 1944 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany January 15, 1944 General Eisenhower arrives in England January 15, 1944 In Argentina a 7.8 earthquake resulted in 5000 deaths January 15, 1944 "Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die" January 15, 1945 Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets January 15, 1945 Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp January 15, 1947 "The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (""The Black Dahlia"") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California." January 15, 1949 Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin January 15, 1950 "4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington DC" January 15, 1951 """Cloud of Death"" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000" January 15, 1951 "Ilse Koch, The ""Bitch of Buchenwald"", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany." January 15, 1951 "Supreme Court rule ""clear & present danger"" of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest" January 15, 1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Washington DC station January 15, 1953 "As he leaves office, Harry Truman becomes the first U.S. President to bid the nation farewell via TV and radio." January 15, 1953 "German Democratic Republic Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for ""espionage""" January 15, 1955 "The first official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum" January 15, 1955 USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic January 15, 1961 Supremes signed with Motown Records January 15, 1962 50th Australian Mens Tennis Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) January 15, 1962 Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea January 15, 1964 Teamsters negotiate first national labor contract January 15, 1965 "Rock group The Who releases first album ""I Can't Explain""" January 15, 1966 "First Military Coup in Nigeria, government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown." January 15, 1967 "In the first ever Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10." January 15, 1968 "In Sicily a 6.0 earthquake in several s in western Sicily were destroyed by this strong shock. It toppled houses, hospitals, medieval castles, and churches" January 15, 1969 Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union January 15, 1970 "After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders." January 15, 1970 Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. January 15, 1970 Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria January 15, 1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt January 15, 1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels January 15, 1973 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court January 15, 1973 Gene Shalit joins the Today Show panel January 15, 1973 Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican January 15, 1973 President Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam January 15, 1973 "Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam." January 15, 1974 """Happy Days"" begins an 11 year run on ABC" January 15, 1974 "Expert panel reports 18«-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures" January 15, 1975 Portugal grants independence to Angola. January 15, 1975 Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence January 15, 1975 Space Mountain opens (Disneyland) January 15, 1976 "Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison." January 15, 1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford January 15, 1976 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit January 15, 1977 "Coneheads debut on ""Saturday Night Live""" January 15, 1977 Number one hit on UK music charts - David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us January 15, 1977 "The Klvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history." January 15, 1978 Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman January 15, 1981 """Hill Street Blues"" premieres on NBC-TV" January 15, 1981 Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame January 15, 1983 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands January 15, 1983 "Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard" January 15, 1983 Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India January 15, 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love January 15, 1983 Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours January 15, 1984 Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak January 15, 1985 Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India January 15, 1985 Rose Bottle is born January 15, 1985 Tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years January 15, 1986 "Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World" January 15, 1986 The HBO and Cinemax pay cable television services initiate scrambling of their national satellite feeds on Galaxy 1 with the Videocipher II system. January 15, 1986 "The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida." January 15, 1988 Arab uprising in Israel begins January 15, 1988 "Jimmy ""The Greek"" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes" January 15, 1988 "Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record" January 15, 1989 Big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble January 15, 1989 "Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000" January 15, 1990 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds January 15, 1990 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins January 15, 1990 A computer problem disrupts AT&T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours. January 15, 1990 AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch January 15, 1990 AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure. January 15, 1990 "Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence." January 15, 1990 "VIA cuts half of its passenger network. Included in these cuts are a decision to run just one transcontinental train between Toronto and Vancouver via CN through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Jasper." January 15, 1991 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup January 15, 1991 "The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm." January 15, 1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't) January 15, 1992 Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia January 15, 1992 Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man January 15, 1992 EC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence January 15, 1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum January 15, 1992 "The federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia." January 15, 1992 The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. January 15, 1993 "7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die" January 15, 1993 "Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive" January 15, 1993 "Soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" final show on NBC TV" January 15, 1993 "Top mafia leader Salvatore ""Tot•"" Riina arrested in Palermo" January 15, 1994 "15th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10" January 15, 1994 "Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)" January 15, 1994 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist January 15, 1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 January 15, 1995 Western Washington begins using new area code 360 January 15, 1997 "Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin" January 15, 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station January 15, 1998 "NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again" January 15, 1999 The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak were killed by Yugoslav security forces. January 15, 2001 "Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online." January 15, 2005 "An intense solar flare blasted X rays across the solar system. ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovered elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon." January 15, 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." January 15, 2007 Comet McNaught makes perigee after coming close to the sun.   Visitors' Postings January 15, 1878 Visitor posting - Women get degrees for first time at London University - United Kingdom January 15, 1934 Visitor posting - RAMANATHAN - India ambiiyen@GMAIL.COM January 15, 1945 Visitor posting - Gideon was born - Israel January 15, 1948 Visitor posting - Katherine C. Hill born in New York City in Womans and Childrens Infermary. 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