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The15t o Januaris the 15t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 350 days ti come (351 in lowp years).

Events

1362- ANorth Seaflood disaster kills 1,000s o fowk.
1559- Coronation o QueenElizabeth I o Ingland.
1759- TheBreetish MuseuminLunnonopens.
1790-Fletcher Christianan the Bounty mutineers reachPitcairn.
1822-CheeneseJunk (a teep o ship) Tek Sing sinks, killin 1,600 fowk.
1919- German socialist activistsKarl LiebknechtanRosa Luxemburgare tortured an kilt bi the Freikorps.
1934- AyirdquaukinIndieanNepalkills 10,700 fowk.
1943-The Pentagonbiggin is dedicatit inArlington,Virginie.
1944- A magnitude 7.8yirdquaukin San Juan,Argentinae,kills aroond 5,000 fowk.
1967- The firstSuper BowlAmerican fitbaa gemme taks place.
1968- The1968 Scotland stormsweeps across theUnitit Kinrick;worst-affectit isScotland's Central Belt, wi 20 fowk kilt.
1971- Inauguration o theAswan DaminEgyp.
1991- End oUnitit Naitionsdeadline for Iraqi forces tae withdraw fraeKuwait.
1992- The Internaitional Community recognisesCroatieanSlovenie.
2001-Wikipaediagoes online.
2006-Michelle Bacheletis electitPresesoChile.
2009- Efter an emergency, US Airways Flicht 1549 is landit on theHudson RiverinNew York Ceetybi pilotChesley Sullenberger.
2012-Preseselections inFinland.
2018- Breetish newspaperThe Guardianchynges tae a tabloid format.
2018- A bomb attack inBaghdadkills 38 fowk.
2019- A terrorist attack on ahottlecomplex inNairobi,Kenyae,kills 21 fowk.
2019- TheHoose o Commons o the Unitit KinrickrejectsTheresa May'sBrexitdeal bi a mairgin o 230 (432 tae 202), in the biggest ever such defeat for a Breetish Prime Meenister.
2020-Vladimir PutinappyntsMikhail MishustinasPrime meenisteroRoushie.
2021-COVID-19 pandemic:The nummer o recorditCOVID-19daiths warldwide gets tae 2 million.

Births

1432- KingAfonso V o Portugal(d.1481)
1622-Molière,French playwricht an actor (d.1673)
1803-Mairjorie Fleemin,Scots poet (d.1811)
1809-Pierre-Joseph Proudhon,French economist an politeecian (d.1865)
1850-Mihai Eminescu,Romanian jurnalist, author an poet (d.1889)
1866-Nathan Söderblom,Swadish clergyman (d.1931)
1867-Princess Maria Teresa o the Twa Sicilies(d.1909)
1875-Ibn Saud,first King oSaudi Arabie(d.1953)
1895-Artturi Ilmari Virtanen,Finnish scientist (d.1973)
1902- KingSaud o Saudi Arabie(d.1969)
1908-Edward Teller,Hungarian-American theoretical pheesicist (d.2003)
1918-Gamal Abdel Nasser,PresesoEgyp(d.1970)
1929-Martin Luther King Jr.,American ceevil richts activist (d.1968)
1943- DameMargaret Beckett,Inglis politeecian
1945-Princess Michael o Kent
1947-Martin Chalfie,American scientist
1962-Ken Macintosh,Scots politeecian
1964-Jackie Baillie,Scots politeecian
1965-James Nesbitt,Northren Erse actor
1974-Edith Bowman,Scots radio DJ
1981-Pitbull,American rapper
1981-Sean Lamont,Scots rugby union player
1985-René Adler,German fitbawer
1988-Skrillex,American muisicker
1993-Dylan McGeouch,Scots fitbawer
1996-Dove Cameron,American actress an sangster

Daiths

69-Galba,Roman Emperor (b.3 BC)
1781-Mariana Victoria o Spain(b.1718)
1878-Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9t Baronet,Scots writer, airt historian an politeecian (b.1818)
1885-Thomas Cochrane, 11t Yerl o Dundonal,Scots nobleman (b.1814)
1915-Mary Slessor,Scots meesionar (b.1848)
1919-Karl Liebknecht,German poleetical activist (b.1871)
1919-Rosa Luxemburg,German poleetical activist (b.1871)
1947-Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13t Yerl o Leevin,Scots sodger an peer (b.1890)
1950-George Livingstone,Scots fitbawer (b.1876)
1964-George Duncan,Scots gowfer (b.1883)
1975-Sydney Goodsir Smith,Scots poet, airtist, dramatist an novelist (b.1915)
2010-Marshall Warren Nirenberg,American scientist (b.1927)
2014-Roger Lloyd-Pack,Inglis actor (b.1944)
2018-Dolores O'Riordan,Erse sangster an muisicker (b.1971)
2019-Carol Channing,American actress an sangster (b.1921)
2020-Bobby Brown,Scots fitbawer (b.1923)

Halidays

Airmy Day (Indie)
Airmed Forces Day (Nigerie)
Tree Plantin Day (Egyp)
Earliest date forMartin Luther King Jr.Day (Unitit States)