January 15

Monday 15, 2001:

Wikipedia, a Wiki free content encyclopedia, goes online.

Friday 15, 1999:

The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak were killed by Yugoslav security forces.

Sunday 15, 1995:

Caretaker, the first episode of airs, with Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) at the helm.

Wednesday 15, 1992:

The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Tuesday 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.

Monday 15, 1990:

AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.

Wednesday 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.

Thursday 15, 1976:

Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.

Wednesday 15, 1975:

Portugal grants independence to Angola.

Tuesday 15, 1974:

Happy Days premiers on ABC.

Monday 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.

Thursday 15, 1970:

Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.

Wednesday 15, 1969:

The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.

Sunday 15, 1967:

Super Bowl I is played -- The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

Saturday 15, 1966:

1966- First Military Coup in Nigeria, government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown.

Monday 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.

Friday 15, 1943:

The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated (Arlington, Virginia).

Wednesday 15, 1936:

The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company).

Wednesday 15, 1919:

Ignace Paderewski becomes Premier of Poland.

Wednesday 15, 1908:

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek-letter organization by and for Black college women is established.

Friday 15, 1892:

James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball.

Saturday 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).

Monday 15, 1844:

University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana.

Tuesday 15, 1782:

Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.

Wednesday 15, 1777:

American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.

Monday 15, 1759:

The British Museum opens.

Friday 15, 1582:

Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland.

Thursday 15, 1559:

Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Tuesday 15, 69:

Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only survives for three months before committing suicide.

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