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On this day - January 15
69 — Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, ...
1535 — King Henry VIII issues letters patent incorporating the title ...
1541 — King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a ...
1559 — Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in ...
1582 — Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the ...
1759 — The British Museum opens to the public.
1777 — American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day ...
1782 — Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. ...
1815 — War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by ...
1818 — A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, ...
1822 — Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected ...
1865 — American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the ...
1867 — Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at ...
1870 — Thomas Nast publishes a political cartoon symbolizing the ...
1876 — The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is ...
1889 — The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine ...
1892 — James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1908 — The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter ...
1910 — Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United ...
1911 — Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
1919 — Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an ...
1919 — Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent ...
1934 — The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with ...
1936 — The first building to be completely covered in glass, built ...
1937 — Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republicans both withdraw ...
1943 — The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia.
1943 — World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
1947 — The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth ...
1949 — Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from ...
1962 — Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol ...
1962 — The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript ...
1966 — The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is ...
1967 — The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay ...
1969 — The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
1970 — Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1970 — Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an ...
1973 — Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President ...
1975 — The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of ...
1976 — Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is ...
1977 — Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in Kälvesta near Stockholm Bromma ...
1981 — Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade ...
1991 — Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs ...
1991 — The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces ...
2001 — Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched ...
2005 — ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as ...
2009 — US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River ...
2013 — A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, ...
2015 — The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss ...
2016 — The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with ...
2018 — British multinational construction and facilities management ...
2019 — Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest ...
2019 — Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya ...
2020 — The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms ...
2021 — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi ...
2022 — The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off ...
2023 — Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International ...