What are the important events that happened on January 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 15 is the 15th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 2, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,421,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentadecagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 26 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,042 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 15 Historical Events
- 588 BC –Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
- 1559 –Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
- 1759 –The British Museum opens.
- 1910 –Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, US, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325 ft.
- 1943 –World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
- 1947 –The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (“The Black Dahlia”) is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.
- 1969 –The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
- 1974 –Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
- 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.
- 2001 –Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
Who were born on January 15?
- 1803 –Marjory Fleming, Scottish writer and poet (d. 1811)
- 1834 –Samuel Arza Davenport, American politician (d. 1911)
- 1913 –Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002)
- 1913 –Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1913 –Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (d. 2005)
- 1921 –Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 2007)
- 1922 –Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician (d. 1999)
- 1959 –Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber (d. 2008)
- 1964 –Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
- 1984 –Victor Rasuk, American actor
Who died on January 15?
- 570 –Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)
- 1623 –Fra Paolo Sarpi, Italian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer (b. 1552)
- 1683 –Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
- 1864 –Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)
- 1919 –Rosa Luxemburg, German politician (b. 1871)
- 1972 –Daisy Ashford, English child writer (The Young Visiters) (b. 1881)
- 1973 –Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
- 2002 –Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2003 –Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2007 –Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905)
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