January 15
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Traditionally Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the U.S.
- Korean Alphabet Day in North Korea
- Kerala in India
- Feast day of Isidore, patron saint of labourers
On this day . . .
- The coronation of Queen Elizabeth I takes place (1559)
- The British Museum is opens in London (1759)
- John Hetherington wears the first top hat (1779)
- The first telephone directory in the U.K. is published with 255 names (1880)
- The rules of basketball are published for the first time (1892)
- The first American Football Super Bowl is played (1967)
- President Nixon calls a halt to the U.S. Vietnam offensive (1973)
- The TV series Happy Days premieres in the U.S. (1974)
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, goes online (2001)
- US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff (2009)
Births
- Molière, French dramatist (1622)
- Lewis Terman, US psychologist who devised intelligence tests (1877)
- Moliere, French playwright and actor (1622)
- Aristotle Onassis, Greek ship owner (1906)
- Lloyd Bridges, American actor (1913)
- Martin Luther King, American civil rights leader (1929)
Deaths
- Sean MacBride, Irish politician (1988)
- Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (1993)
- Harry Nilsson, American singer and songwriter (1994)
- Victoria de los Angeles, Catalán soprano (2005)
- Brad Renfro, American actor (2008)