Hit REFRESH if page doesn't load Please Support our Fine Sponsors . . . Link to us - click here . Useful Links - click here . Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Today's date is:    Please Support Our Sponsors Wisdom? Humor? Fact? Advice? ... My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't What happened on January 15 Please support our Sponsors - They help us keep this site Alive! 0069 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only survives for three months before committing suicide. 0588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The siege lasts until July 18, 586 BC. 1559 Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1582 Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland, loses access to the Baltic 1586 Battle at Boxum Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army 1680 French explorer Sieur de la Salle builds Fort Crèvecoeur 1752 Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism 1754 Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam 1759 British Museum opens in Montague House, London 1759 The British Museum opens. 1759 UK hist British Museum opens to the public in London 1762 Fraunces Tavern opens in New York City NY 1777 People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England 1780 Continental Congress establishes court of appeals 1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. 1785 Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres 1797 The first top hat worn (John Etherington of London) 1831 The fir1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes first run 1831 The first US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr & Mrs Pierson, Charleston SC 1833 HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego 1844 The University of Notre Dame is founded 1844 U of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana 1844 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. 1847 The first Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in New York City NY 1851 General Arista replaces Mexican President Herrera 1857 The first first-class game in Sydney, New South Wales vs Victoria at The Domain 1861 Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis 1863 The first US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal 1865 American Civil War - Fort Fisher North Carolina Falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy 1865 Fort Fisher, NC falls to Union troops 1866 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Branibori vs Cechach," premieres in Prague 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). 1870 Cartoonist Thomas Nast originates the donkey as a symbol to identify the Democratic party in a political cartoon appearing in Harper's Weekly. 1870 Donkey first used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1877 US Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens 1878 Visitor posting - Women get degrees for first time at London University - United Kingdom 1882 The First US ski club forms (Berlin NH) 1885 Wilson Bentley takes the first photograph of a snowflake. 1886 Weekly Herald, first Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes first issue 1892 Dr. James Naismith publishes, for the first time, the thirteen rules of basketball the game he invented the previous winter, in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1892 James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball. 1895 Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record 1895 French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar 1907 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest 1907 Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them 1908 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek-letter organization by and for Black college women is established. 1908 C Hill & R J Hartigan make 8th wicket partnership 243 for Australia 1913 Telephone service begins between New York and Berlin. 1915 Japan claims economic control of China 1919 2 million gallons of molasses spill in a tidal wave that drowns 21 in Boston MA 1919 Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland. 1919 Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland 1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Jan Paderewski becomes the first premier of the new republic of Poland. 1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, were tortured and murdered by the Freikorps. 1919 Semana Tragica (Tragic Week) Bloodbath in Buenos Aires 1919 The Boston Molasses Disaster kills 21 people. 1920 Prohibition goes into effect, making it illegal to sell beer and liquor. 1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes first premier 1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes the country of Memel 1924 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms 1925 Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP 1929 Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta. - USA 1930 George Headley scores century on debut vs England (made 176) 1934 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die 1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) 1934 Visitor posting - RAMANATHAN - India ambiiyen@GMAIL.COM 1934 In Bihar-Nepal, India a 8.4 earthquake resulted in 10,700 deaths 1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition 1936 Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants 1936 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates 1936 The first all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio 1939 Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal 1940 German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk 1942 FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII 1943 1,000 workers complete the air conditioning system for the Pentagon 1943 Japanese driven off Guadalcanal 1943 The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia). 1943 Work is completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. 1944 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany 1944 General Eisenhower arrives in England 1944 In Argentina a 7.8 earthquake resulted in 5000 deaths 1944 Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die 1945 Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets 1945 Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp 1945 Visitor posting - Gideon was born - Israel 1947 The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short ("The Black Dahlia") is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. 1948 Visitor posting - Katherine C. Hill born in New York City in Womans and Childrens Infermary. 1949 Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin 1950 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington DC 1951 "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 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. 1951 Supreme Court rule "clear & present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest 1953 As he leaves office, Harry Truman becomes the first U.S. President to bid the nation farewell via TV and radio. 1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Washington DC station 1953 German Democratic Republic Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage" 1955 The first official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum 1955 USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic 1961 Supremes signed with Motown Records 1962 50th Australian Mens Tennis Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 1962 Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea 1964 Teamsters negotiate first national labor contract 1965 Rock group The Who releases first album "I Can't Explain" 1966 First Military Coup in Nigeria, government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown. 1967 In the first ever Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10. 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 1969 Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union 1970 After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders. 1970 Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 1970 Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria 1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt 1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels 1973 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court 1973 Gene Shalit joins the Today Show panel 1973 Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican 1973 President Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam 1973 Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. 1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC 1974 Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures 1975 Portugal grants independence to Angola. 1975 Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence 1975 Space Mountain opens (Disneyland) 1976 Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison. 1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford 1976 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit 1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live" 1977 Number one hit on UK music charts - David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us 1977 The Klvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history. 1978 Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman 1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV 1981 Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1983 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands 1983 Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard 1983 Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India 1983 Number one hit on UK music charts - Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love 1983 Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours 1983 Visitor posting - A beautiful baby girl was born. Giving her his own initials, her father named her Julee Ann - USA 1984 Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak 1984 Visitor posting - Another son of god was born, named Kenny Joh Petersen - Denmark 1985 Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India 1985 Rose Bottle is born 1985 Tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years 1986 Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World 1986 Visitor posting - The love of my life, William, was born 1986 The HBO and Cinemax pay cable television services initiate scrambling of their national satellite feeds on Galaxy 1 with the Videocipher II system. 1986 The Living Seas opens at EPCOT Center in Walt Disney World, Florida. 1988 Arab uprising in Israel begins 1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes 1988 Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record 1989 Big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble 1989 Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000 1990 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds 1990 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins 1990 A computer problem disrupts AT&T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours. 1990 AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch 1990 AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure. 1990 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence. 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. 1991 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 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. 1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't) 1992 Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia 1992 Visitor posting - Makahla Huff was born, Florence, Oregon - USA 1992 Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man 1992 EC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence 1992 Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum 1992 The federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia. 1992 The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 1993 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die 1993 Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Sicily after three decades as a fugitive 1993 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV 1993 Top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo 1994 15th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10 1994 Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%) 1994 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist 1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 1995 Visitor posting - Corissa Rene Holmes is born into the loving arms of Chris and Lynn Holmes - USA 1995 Western Washington begins using new area code 360 1997 Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station 1998 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again 1999 The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak were killed by Yugoslav security forces. 2001 Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. 2004 Visitor posting - Robbie & Kiesha were married and started their adventure in love 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. 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. 2007 Comet McNaught makes perigee after coming close to the sun. More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at: info @ datesinhistory.com (remove the spaces) "This site contains links to other Internet sites. These links are not endorsements of any products or services in such sites, and no information in such site has been endorsed or approved by this site. We are not responsible for the content of external sites. We do not vouch for accuracy of the dates listed on this site." Privacy Policy . What happened on my birthday? 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