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January 2008 was the first month of the current year. ...
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January 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief...
January 15, 2004 The United Nations sides with the United States on voting in Iraq. ...
January 15, 2003 Belgian plant pathologist, Emile Frison, of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain states that the banana may become extinct within 10 years. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a month starting on Monday with 31 days. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
Events - 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
- 69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide.
- 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 U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
- 1822 - Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
- 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
- 1865 - American Civil War - Fort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
- 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).
- 1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball.
- 1908 - The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
- 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps.
- 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: The Japanese are driven off Guadalcanal.
- 1943 - World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
- 1943 - The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
- 1947 - The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California.
- 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.
- 1966 - The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup d’état.
- 1967 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California.
- 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 Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
- 1976 - Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
- 1977 - The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history.
- 1986 - The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida.
- 1990 - AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.
- 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.
- 1992 - The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 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.
- 2001 - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
- 2005 - An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.
- 2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
- 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.
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC Events and Trends 589 BC - Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt 588 BC _ Nebuchadnezzar II of...
An engraving inside an onyx-stone-eye in a Marduk statue that might depict Nebechandrezzar II Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar () (c 630-562 B.C.E), was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. ...
For other uses, see Babylon (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...
Tzidkiyahu (â, ÅidhqiyyÄhû; Greek: ζεδεκιαÏ, Zedekias; traditional English: Zedekiah; Arabic: صدÙÙØ§, ÅidqiyyÄ) was the last king of Judah. ...
is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC Events and Trends 589 BC - Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt 588 BC _ Nebuchadnezzar II of...
For other uses, see 69 (disambiguation). ...
Emperor Otho. ...
For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...
This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ...
Gregorian Calendar switch: Year 1582 involved conversion to the Gregorian calendar. ...
Baltic Tribes, ca 1200 CE This article is about the region in Europe. ...
1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
London museum | name = British Museum | image = British Museum from NE 2. ...
Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
This article is about military actions only. ...
On January 15, 1777 the Republic of New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declared its indepedence (both from Great Britain and from New York). ...
This article is about the U.S. state. ...
1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Robert Morris Robert Morris, Jr. ...
Congress in Joint Session. ...
A mint is a facility which manufactures coins for currency. ...
This article is about monetary coins. ...
1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Belligerents Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom France Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Andreas Miaoulis Georgios Karaiskakis â Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha ReÅid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ...
Demetrius Ypsilanti, sometimes spelled Ypsilantis, (1793 - January 3, 1832), second son of Prince Constantine, distinguished himself as a Russian officer in the campaign of 1814, and in the spring of 1821 went to the Morea, where the war of Greek independence had just broken out. ...
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For other universities and colleges named Notre Dame, see Notre Dame. ...
For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ...
Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Fort Fisher Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. ...
Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th in the US - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (340 km) - Length 560[1] miles (900 km) - % water 9. ...
1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
For other uses, see Cartoon (disambiguation). ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 For other uses, see Donkey (disambiguation). ...
Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 â December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th century and is considered to be the father of American political cartooning. ...
Teresa Bagioli Sickles confession, 1859 Harpers Weekly (A Journal of Civilization) was an American political magazine based in New York City. ...
Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Coca-Cola Companys headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is an international beverage and food manufacturer whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America. ...
Incorporation is: In business, incorporation is the creation of a corporation. ...
This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...
Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
James Naismith James A. Naismith (November 6, 1861 â November 28, 1939) was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to introduce the use of a helmet in American football. ...
This article is about the sport. ...
Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Alpha Kappa Alpha (ÎÎÎ) is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women. ...
While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada but there are fraternities in the whole world (for...
Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ...
Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg (March 5, 1870 or 1871 â January 15, 1919, in Polish Róża Luksemburg) was a Jewish Polish-born Marxist political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. ...
ⶠ(help· info) (August 13, 1871 - January 15, 1919) was a German socialist and a co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. ...
Socialism is any economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled collectively or a political philosophy advocating such a system. ...
The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps) was originally applied to voluntary armies. ...
Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the material. ...
Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, Ohio. ...
Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI) is a Fortune 500 company that specializes in plastics and glass containers. ...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Guadalcanal, a 2,510 square mile (6,500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands, is largely a jungle. ...
Combatants Germany (mainly) Soviet Union The 1943 battle of Voronezh (often credited in Russian as the liberation of Voronezh (оÑвобождение ÐоÑонежа)) was a Soviet counter-offensive on recapturing the city of Voronezh during the Ostrogozhsk-Rossoshansk and Voronezh-Kastornensk operations on the Eastern Front of World War II. Voronezh during the Great...
This article is about the United States military building. ...
Arlington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia (which calls itself a commonwealth), directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. By an act of Congress July 9, 1846, the area south of the Potomac was returned to Virginia effective in 1847 As of 2000...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia, is a murder victim, born July 29, 1924 and died January 15, 1947. ...
Leimert Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Los Angeles, California. ...
Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ilse Koch, born Ilse Köhler (September 22, 1906 â September 1, 1967), was the wife of Karl Koch, the commandant of the concentration camps Buchenwald from 1937 to 1941 and Majdanek from 1941 to 1943. ...
Buchenwald is the German for beech forest. A koolio forest in the hill range Elm (Höhenzug Elm), in the Helmstedt and Wolfenbüttel districts, Lower Saxony A German name for a Hungarian region Bakony Forest (Hungarian: , German: ) A Nazi concentration camp in Germany (German: ); See Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald...
It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-January 15, 1966) was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. ...
A coup détat (pronounced kÅ« dÄ ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...
Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...
The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ...
Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
The Soyuz 5 was a Soyuz spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1969 that docked with Soyuz 4 in orbit. ...
Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
National motto: Peace, Unity, Freedom Official language English Capital Enugu Head of State Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Area ?- Total ?- % water Population;- Total 13,500,000 (1967) Currency Biafran pound (BIAP) Created May 30, 1967 Dissolved January 15, 1970 Demonym Biafran The Republic of Biafra was a short-lived secessionist state in...
Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi1 (Arabic: ) (born c. ...
For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...
Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Peopleâs Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...
Nixon redirects here. ...
Anthem Tiến Quân Ca (Army March) Location of North Vietnam Capital Hanoi Language(s) Vietnamese Government Socialist republic First president Ho Chi Minh Historical era Cold War - Independence proclaimed (from Japan) September 2, 1945 - Recognized 1954 - Disestablished July 2, 1976 Area 157,880 km² Population - est. ...
Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other persons named Gerald Ford, see Gerald Ford (disambiguation). ...
Sara Jane Moore (born Sara Jane Kahn on February 15, 1930 in Charleston, West Virginia) attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975 outside the St. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
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, 1977, killing all 22 people on board. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Living Seas is a pavilion in Future World at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. ...
This article is about the Epcot theme park. ...
Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses...
This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...
This article is about the year. ...
This article is about the current AT&T. For the 1885-2005 company, see American Telephone & Telegraph. ...
For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ...
UN redirects here. ...
Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian...
Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
Motto Brotherhood and Unity Anthem Hey, Slavs Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croatian (spoken throughout the territory), Slovenian, Macedonian, Albanian, Hungarian (all official), and languages of other nationalities. ...
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 became the most powerful member of the criminal organisation in the early 1980s. ...
Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...
Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ...
Racak (Recak in Albanian) is a village in central Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, located at 42° 25Ⲡ46ⳠN 21° 00Ⲡ59ⳠE. It became notorious in January 1999 after 45 people were killed in the village during the conflict between state security forces and Albanian guerrillas. ...
The word fry may mean: To cook in a pan (frying pan) with the optional use of fat, butter, or cooking oil by heating over a flame; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry chicken; to fry doughnuts. ...
This article is about the year. ...
Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...
Wiki wiki redirects here. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A solar flare observed by Hinode in the G-band. ...
An X-ray picture (radiograph), taken by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1896, of his wife, Anna Bertha Ludwigs[1] hand X-rays (or Röntgen rays) are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0. ...
This article is about the Solar System. ...
This article is about the European Space Agency. ...
For other uses, see Calcium (disambiguation). ...
Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ...
Not to be confused with Silicone. ...
Fe redirects here. ...
This article is about Earths moon. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al-Tikriti (17 February 1951 - January 15, 2007 ) (sometimes: Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Barasan Ibrahem Alhassen) (Arabic: برزا٠إبراÙÙÙ
Ø§ÙØªÙØ±ÙØªÙ) was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein, and the former leader of the Iraqi secret service, Mukhabarat. ...
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 â 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...
Awad Hamad al-Bandar (Arabic: â; also: Awad Hamad Bandar Alsadoon) (January 2, 1945 - January 15, 2007) was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Husseins presidency. ...
Births - 1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
- 1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
- 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
- 1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
- 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- 1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)
- 1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
- 1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
- 1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
- 1754 - Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834)
- 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
- 1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
- 1803 - Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
- 1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
- 1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1885)
- 1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
- 1824 - Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)
- 1841 - Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
- 1842 - Blessed Mary McKillop, Australian candidate for sainthood (d. 1909)
- 1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925)
- 1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
- 1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)
- 1855 - Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)
- 1859 - Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
- 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
- 1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1931)
- 1869 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
- 1870 - Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman (d. 1954)
- 1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
- 1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)
- 1877 - Lewis Terman, American psychologist (d. 1956)
- 1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961)
- 1882 - Princess Margaret of Sweden (d. 1920)
- 1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
- 1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
- 1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1890 - Tommy Fleming, American soccer player (d. 1965)
- 1891 - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
- 1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
- 1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950)
- 1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (d. 1951)
- 1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1897 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
- 1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1902 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
- 1903 - Paul A. Dever, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
- 1905 - Torin Thatcher, English actor (d. 1981)
- 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
- 1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003)
- 1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
- 1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973)
- 1912 - Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Harry Hay, American gay rights activist (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (d. 2003)
- 1918 - João Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Édouard Gagnon, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
- 1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Frank Thornton, English actor
- 1922 - Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
- 1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician
- 1925 - Ruth Slenczynska, U.S. pianist
- 1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005)
- 1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress
- 1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1968)
- 1930 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 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. 1993)
- 1945 - William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990)
- 1945 - Princess Michael of Kent, British royal
- 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress
- 1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
- 1949 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 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
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Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ...
Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ...
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Philip Livingston Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 â June 12, 1778), was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. ...
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John Aikin (January 15, 1747 - 1822) was an English doctor and writer. ...
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Colonel Richard Humanity Dick Martin (15 January 1754 â 6 January 1834), was an Irish politician and animal rights activist. ...
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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 - January 21, 1872), Austrian dramatic poet, was born in Vienna. ...
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Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ Ð¡ÐµÑÐ³ÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑибоедов in Russian) (January 15, 1795 - February 11, 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer, whose brilliant comedy in verse, Wit Works Woe, is the most often staged play in Russia. ...
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Theory and practice Issues History Culture By region Lists Related Anarchism Portal Politics Portal · Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (pronounced [ËpruËd Én] in British English, [pÊu dÉÌ] in French) (January 15, 1809 â January 19, 1865) was a French mutualist political philosopher of the socialist tradition. ...
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Marie-Fortunée LaFarge, née Capelle (January 15, 1816 - November 7, 1852) was a Frenchwoman who was convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning in 1840. ...
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Marie Duplessis (1824-1847) was a French courtesan who was a mistress of a number of prominent men. ...
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The 16th Earl of Derby Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 â 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served...
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1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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Josef Breuer (January 15, 1842- June 20, 1925) was an Austrian psychologist whose works symbolised the foundation of psychoanalysis. ...
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Mihai Eminescu (pronunciation in Romanian: ) (January 15, 1850 â June 15, 1889), born Mihail Eminovici, was a late Romantic poet, the best-known and most influential Romanian poet celebrated in both Romania and Moldova. ...
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Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Russian СоÑÑÑ ÐаÑилÑевна ÐовалевÑкаÑ), also known as Sonya Kovalevsky (January 15, 1850-February 10, 1891), was the first major Russian female mathematician, and also the first woman who was appointed to a full professorship in Europe 1889 (Sweden). ...
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