January 15

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . The following 350 days (351 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events [ edit ]

 * General
 * 69 - Galba on the Roman Forum by the Praetorian Guard killed. The Senate recognizes Marcus Salvius Otho as emperor. This is the beginning of the civil war in the four years emperor .
 * 1905 - In Loen , Norway, causes a more rock deposited a tsunami . There are 61 deaths.
 * 2009 - An airplane with passengers 155 immediately after take-off is likely to crash in New York as a result of a collision with birds in both motors. The pilot, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger landed in theHudson, allowing all passengers survive and New York spared disaster.
 * 2012 - For the Albanian coast is sinking beneath the Sierra Leonean -flagged oil tanker Edirne having fuel unloaded in the port of Durres . Two crew members and the captain come to life.
 * 2013 - In a double attack on the University of Aleppo ( Syria ) are 82 dead and more than 160 wounded.


 * Art
 * 1759 - Opening of the British Museum .


 * Media
 * 1994 - The Amsterdam alderman Frank de Grave opens at a meeting in De Balie in the city of Amsterdam " Digital City ". He sends an email to the US Vice President Al Gore, however, who do not arrive by technical problems.
 * 2001 - The English Wikipedia starts.


 * War
 * 1962 - The Battle of Arafura Sea, where the Dutch navy for last brought a hostile ship sinking, in this case an Indonesian.
 * 1999 - Serbian security forces murder 45 civilians, including two women and a child of 12 years, in the Kosovo village of Racak .


 * Politics
 * 1976 - Hussein Onn is designated as new Prime Minister of Malaysia .
 * 2012 - On Kiribati is President Anote Tong re-elected with over 42 percent of the vote.


 * Sport
 * 1909 - The (Royal) The Frisian Eleven Cities Association is founded.
 * 1919 - Creation of the Tunisian football club Espérance de Tunis .
 * 2006 - The Dutch darts player Jelle Klaasen (21) as a rookie win the 2006 World Cup of Lakeside this he beats the Dutch darts player. Raymond van Barneveld 7-5 in sets and is the youngest player ever to win Lakeside.
 * 2012 - The Dutch darts player Christian Kist wins BDO - World Championship 2012 by the British darts player Tony O'Shea in the finals by defeating 7-5.


 * Science and Technology
 * 2006 - The spacecraft Stardust lands safely in the US state of Utah after during his nearly seven-year mission losvliegende comet particles caught from the area during an encounter with the comet Wild 2 .

Born [ edit ]
Princess Margaretha of Sweden, born on January 15, 1882

Gamal Abdel Nasser, born on January 15, 1918

Martin Luther King, born on January 15, 1929

Tomáš Galásek, born on January 15, 1973
 * 1622 - Moliere, French dramatist and playwright (deceased in 1673 )
 * 1754 - Jacques Pierre Brissot, French journalist and politician (deceased in 1793 )
 * 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (deceased in 1872 )
 * 1795 - Willem de Clercq, Dutch poet (deceased in 1844 )
 * 1798 - James Benjamin Seiler, Dutch military (deceased in 1855 )
 * 1840 - Jacob Nicholas Hall, Dutch writer (deceased in 1918 )
 * 1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (deceased in 1925 )
 * 1842 - Paul Lafargue, French journalist, literary critic, essayist, publicist and politician (deceased in 1911 )
 * 1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (deceased in 1891 )
 * 1859 - Nathaniel Lord Britton, American botanist (deceased in 1934 )
 * 1875 - Thomas Burke, American athlete (deceased in 1929 )
 * 1882 - Margaret of Sweden, first wife of the Swedish King Gustav VI Adolf (deceased in 1920 )
 * 1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian surgeon (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1893 - Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, the last Crown Prince of Saxony (deceased in 1943 )
 * 1894 - Henk Steeman, Dutch footballer (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish biochemist (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1905 - Gerard Loncke, Belgian cyclist (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipowner (deceased in 1975 )
 * 1907 - Janusz Kusociński, Polish athlete (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1908 - Edward Teller, American scientist (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1910 - Stephen Gilbert, British painter and sculptor (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1911 - August Blumensaat, German athlete (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1911 - Wim Kan, Dutch comedian (deceased in 1983 )
 * 1912 - Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker player and billiards (deceased in 1974 )
 * 1913 - Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1914 - Leo Paemel, Belgian painter (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1916 - Christel Peters, German actress (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1916 - Helen Pimentel, Dutch actress (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1916 - Henri French Soul (Trefossa), Surinamese poet (deceased in 1975 )
 * 1918 - Vicente de la Mata, Argentinian footballer (deceased in 1980 )
 * 1918 - Gamal Abdel Nasser, the first president of Egypt (deceased in 1970 )
 * 1919 - George Cadle Price, Belizaans politician (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1920 - Anton Malatinský, Czech-Slovak footballer and football coach (deceased in 1992 )
 * 1920 - John Joseph O'Connor, American Cardinal Archbishop of New York (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1921 - Frank Thornton, British actor (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1921 - Leen Timp, Dutch television director (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1922 - Paul Marcinkus, American archbishop and banker (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1923 - Jan Vladislav, Czech dissident writer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1924 - Georg Ratzinger, German priest and conductor
 * 1925 - Ernst Benda, German Minister (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1926 - Bruce Cowan, Australian politician (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1929 - Martin Luther King, American minister, civil rights activist and crime victims (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1930 - Andre Auquier, Belgian cyclist
 * 1932 - F. Springer, Dutch writer (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1933 - Stéphane Steeman, Belgian humorist (deceased in 2015 )
 * 1934 - Mário de Araújo Cabral, Portuguese racing driver
 * 1941 - Captain Beefheart, pseudonym of American musician and painter Don Van Vliet (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1943 - Margaret Beckett, British politician
 * 1943 - Guido Terryn, Belgian rowing coach
 * 1944 - Alfredo Liongoren, Filipino artist
 * 1945 - Gjalt Blaauw, Dutch artist
 * 1945 - Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, wife of Prince Michael of Kent
 * 1946 - Gerard Kuster, Dutch actor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1947 - Ad van Baal, Dutch Lieutenant General
 * 1949 - Tsjêbbe Hettinga, Frisian poet
 * 1949 - Willibrord van Beek, Dutch politician
 * 1950 - Hans Böhm, Dutch chess player, writer and television presenter
 * 1950 - Carlo Giovanardi, Italian politician
 * 1950 - Tsui Hark, Chinese director
 * 1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer Guadeloupees
 * 1951 - Peter Collins, British music producer
 * 1953 - Dave Kennedy, Irish racing driver
 * 1954 - Sjoerd Pleijsier, Dutch actor
 * 1955 - Alberto Fernández, Spanish cyclist (deceased in 1984 )
 * 1955 - Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Cypriot MEP
 * 1956 - Rudy Colman, Belgian cyclist
 * 1957 - Wiebe Buddingh ', Dutch translator of English books
 * 1957 - Patrick Van Gompel, Flemish journalist
 * 1958 - Jules Bocandé, Senegalese footballer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1960 - Bob Taylor, Scottish darts player
 * 1961 - Jet Bussemaker, Dutch politician
 * 1963 - Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, American chess player
 * 1964 - Karin de Lange, Dutch athlete
 * 1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
 * 1965 - Francis Hoenselaar, Dutch darts star
 * 1965 - Adam Jones, American guitarist
 * 1966 - Kimmo Tarkkio, Finnish footballer
 * 1967 - Peter Van De Velde, Flemish actor
 * 1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor
 * 1968 - Inaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca Spanish
 * 1968 - Harold Verwoert, Dutch actor, presenter and pop musician
 * 1969 - Rob van Dijk, Dutch footballer
 * 1970 - Raul Otero, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1971 - Regina King, American actress
 * 1972 - Kobe Tai, Taiwanese-Japanese porn actress
 * 1972 - Stefaan Tanghe, Belgian footballer
 * 1973 - Vladislav Bezborodov, Russian football referee
 * 1973 - Tomáš Galásek, Czech footballer
 * 1973 - Emily Levan, American athlete
 * 1974 - Matias Brain, Chilean triathlete
 * 1974 - Ana Dias, Portuguese athlete
 * 1974 - Adam Ledwoń, Polish-German footballer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1974 - Cao Qi, Chinese athlete
 * 1975 - Jan Dulles, Dutch singer
 * 1975 - Mary Pierce, French tennis star
 * 1975 - David Willemsens, Belgian cyclo-cross rider
 * 1976 - Andreas Klier, German cyclist
 * 1976 - Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian athlete
 * 1976 - Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer
 * 1977 - Marja Vis, Dutch skater
 * 1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
 * 1979 - Jonas Ljungblad, Swedish cyclist
 * 1979 - Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
 * 1979 - Anthony Šerić, Croatian footballer
 * 1981 - Dylan Armstrong, Canadian athlete
 * 1981 - Angela Hennig, German cyclist
 * 1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
 * 1982 - Sun Ji, Chinese footballer
 * 1982 - Sun Xiang, Chinese footballer
 * 1983 - Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
 * 1984 - Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
 * 1984 - Jan Werle, Dutch chess
 * 1985 - René Adler, German football goalkeeper
 * 1985 - Rachid Farssi, Moroccan-Belgian footballer
 * 1986 - Mariya Abakumova, Russian athlete
 * 1987 - Luuk Boekhorststraat, Dutch footballer
 * 1988 - Róbert Gavenda, Slovak rider field
 * 1989 - Sanne in 't Hof, Dutch figure skater
 * 1990 - Jente Bouckaert, Belgian athlete
 * 1991 - Marcelo Chierighini, Brazilian swimmer
 * 1991 - Merindah Dingjan, Australian swimmer
 * 1991 - Danny Hoesen, Dutch footballer
 * 1992 - John Bostock, English footballer
 * 1992 - Rasmus Falk, Danish footballer
 * 1992 - Stef Vanhaeren, Belgian athlete
 * 1992 - Joel Veltman, Dutch footballer
 * 1993 - Ben Gibson, English footballer
 * 1993 - Wil Trapp, American football player
 * 1994 - Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer
 * 1994 - Eric Dier, English footballer

Deceased [ edit ]
Karl Liebknecht, deceased on January 15, 1919

Meyer Lansky, deceased on January 15, 1983
 * 69 - Servius Sulpicius Galba (72), emperor of the Roman Empire
 * 1737 - Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (77), Italian Cardinal
 * 1778 - Louis Claude de Saint-Germain (70), French General and Minister of War
 * 1819 - Johann Jacob Roemer (56), Swiss physician, botanist and entomologist
 * 1895 - Charlotte Guest (82), English translator
 * 1896 - Mathew Brady (73), American photographer
 * 1903 - Lucido Parocchi (69), Italian Cardinal
 * 1909 - Arnold Janssen (71), German priest and saint
 * 1916 - Modest Tchaikovsky (65), Russian dramatist
 * 1919 - Karl Liebknecht (47), German politician and Marxist revolutionary
 * 1919 - Rosa Luxemburg (47), German Marxist revolutionary
 * 1944 - Georg Köhl (33), German footballer
 * 1945 - Pedro Abad Santos (68), Filipino labor leader and deputy
 * 1950 - Henry H. Arnold (63), U.S. pilot
 * 1951 - Fritz Balogh (30), German footballer
 * 1968 - Hein at Ports (80), Dutch military
 * 1981 - Graham Whitehead (58), British racing driver
 * 1983 - Meyer Lansky (80), American mobster
 * 1986 - Knut Brynildsen (68), Norwegian footballer
 * 1988 - RL Jankie (54), Surinamese politician
 * 1990 - Gordon Jackson (66), Scottish actor
 * 1994 - Gabriel-Marie Garrone (92), French curial cardinal
 * 1994 - Harry Nilsson (52), American singer / songwriter
 * 1995 - Jef Bruyninckx (76), Flemish actor and director
 * 1996 - Hein Roethof (74), Dutch official, humanist, journalist and politician
 * 1998 - Duncan McNaughton (87), Canadian athlete
 * 1999 - John Baker Saunders (44), American rock musician
 * 2000 - Annie Palms (73), Dutch singer
 * 2000 - Željko Ražnatović (47) Serbian nationalist
 * 2001 - Alex Blignaut (68), South African racing driver
 * 2002 - Eugène Brands (89), Dutch painter
 * 2002 - Jean Dockx (60), Belgian footballer and coach
 * 2003 - Jeannette Campbell (86), Argentine swimmer
 * 2005 - Victoria de los Ángeles (81), Spanish opera singer
 * 2005 - Elizabeth Janeway (91), American writer, critic and feminist
 * 2005 - Fred Julsing (62), Dutch cartoonist
 * 2005 - Henk Molleman (69), Dutch politician and civil servant
 * 2006 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (78), Emir of Kuwait
 * 2007 - Awad Hamed al-Bandar (61), former Iraqi chief judge
 * 2007 - Pura Santillan-Castrence (101), Filipino writer and diplomat
 * 2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (55), former head of the Iraqi secret service
 * 2007 - Ernst van Eeghen (86), Dutch businessman and diplomat
 * 2007 - Aart Koopmans (60), Dutch organizer of the Alternative Elfstedentocht
 * 2007 - André Ramseyer (92), Swiss sculptor
 * 2008 - Carel Kneulman (92), Dutch sculptor
 * 2008 - Brad Renfro (25), American actor
 * 2009 - Hortense Calisher (97), American writer
 * 2009 - Maurice Chappaz (92), Swiss writer
 * 2009 - Sonja Prins (96), Dutch poet
 * 2009 - Said Seyam (49), Palestinian Minister
 * 2009 - Tapan Sinha (84), Indian film director
 * 2011 - Nat Lofthouse (85), English footballer
 * 2011 - Susannah York (72), British actress
 * 2012 - Rik Van Aerschot (83), Belgian scientist
 * 2012 - Manuel Fraga (89), Spanish politician
 * 2012 - Hulett C. Smith (93), American politician
 * 2012 - Homai Vyarawalla (98), Indian first female photojournalist
 * 2013 - Nagisa Oshima (80), Japanese film director
 * 2013 - John Thomas (71), American athlete
 * 2014 - John Dobson (98), American astronomer
 * 2015 - Ethel Lang (114), British super century eccentric

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * United States : Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Maurus (from Glanfeuil) († 584 )
 * Saint Macarius (Egypt) († 391 )
 * Holy Tarcisia (Rodez) († c. 600 )
 * Holy Emebert (also Able Bert (us)) called
 * Holy Rachel
 * Saint Arnold Janssen († 1909 ) - Remembrance of the Diocese of Roermond
 * Saint Paul (us) of Thebes (the Hermit) († 341 )
 * Holy Emebert († 710 )
 * Holy Micah
 * Saints Maura and Britta from Tours († 4th century )
 * St. Ita or IDE (also Deirde) of Killeedy († 570 )
 * Holy Bonitus (also Bonet) Clermont († 7th century )
 * Saint Alexander (Akimetes) († c. 440 )
 * Our Lady of Banneux

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1985 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -10.1 ° C
 * 1975 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.3 ° C
 * 1987 - Lowest minimum temperature -12.1 ° C
 * 1975 - Highest maximum temperature 13.1 ° C
 * 1938 - Highest hourly average wind speed 16.5 m / s
 * 1991 - Longest sunshine duration 7.9 hours
 * 2002 - Longest rainfall duration 11.5 hours
 * 1918 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 20.6 mm
 * 1991 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 45%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1881 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -13.5 ° C
 * 1975 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.1 ° C
 * 1881 - Lowest minimum temperature -17 ° C
 * 1939 and 1975 - Highest maximum temperature 14 ° C
 * 1918 - Top etmaalsom precipitation 37.2 mm. This is the wettest day ever in the month of January.
 * 1963 - The North Sea freezes for several days and even formed a small ice bank.
 * 1975 - Maximum temperature to 15.1 ° C in Leopoldsburg .
 * 1982 - Minimum temperature in Chièvres : -21.4 ° C.
 * 1995 - Floods in the Meuse basin.