Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years). Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1559 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. 1759 - The British Museum opens. 1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. 1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. 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). 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. 1919 - The Boston Molasses Disaster kills 21 people. 1919 - Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland. 1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company). 1943 - World War II: Japanese driven off Guadalcanal. 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia). 1951 - Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany. 1967 - Super Bowl I is played -- The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10. 1969 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5. 1970 - After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. 1970 - Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 1973 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. 1975 - Portugal grants independence to Angola. 1974 - Happy Days premiers on ABC. 1976 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison. 1992 - The Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia ceases to exist. Slovenia and Croatia gain independence. 1998 - The stalker of Howard Stern, Lance Carvin, is sentenced to 2 1/2 years for threatening to kill Stern and his family. 2001 - Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online (Wikipedia Day). Births 1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal († 1481) 1622 - Molière, French playwright († 1673) 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian lyricist († 1872) 1850 - Mihai Eminescu, outstanding Romanian poet († 1889) 1870 - Pierre S. DuPont, industrialist 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, German politician, chancellor of the Weimar Republic 1892 - Rex Ingram, director, writer († 1950) 1893 - Ivor Novello, actor, musician († 1951) 1899 - Goodman Ace, actor, comedian, writer († 1982) 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipowner († 1975) 1908 - Edward Teller († 2003) 1909 - Gene Krupa, drummer († 1973) 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, actor († 1998) 1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt († 1970) 1918 - Robert Byrd, American politician 1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politican 1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress 1929 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader († 1968) 1937 - Margaret O'Brien, actress 1941 - Captain Beefheart, singer 1942 - Charo, singer, actress 1948 - Ronnie VanZant, lead vocal for Lynyrd Skynyrd († 1977) 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director 1957 - Julian Sands, actor 1965 - Adam Jones, musician of Tool Deaths 41 - Caligula, Roman Emperor 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician 1964 - Jack Teagarden, musician 1987 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer 1993 - Sammy Cahn, songwriter 1994 - Harry Nilsson, musician 1998 - Junior Wells, musician 2003 - Gladys Kamakakuokalani Ainoa Brandt, a pioneering Hawaiian educator, fought for native Hawaiian rights Holidays and observances Roman Empire - Second day of the Carmentalia in honor of Carmen United States - Traditionally, Martin Luther King Day See Also: January 14 - January 16 - December 15 - February 15 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.