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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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 2, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,948,320 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.
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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 14 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 4,408 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 15 Historical Events
- 1759 –The British Museum opens.
- 1967 –The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
- 1991 –Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honours system.
- 2001 –Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
- 2005 –An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.
Who were born on January 15?
- 1872 –Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944)
- 1912 –Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
- 1927 –Phyllis Coates, American actress
- 1969 –Meret Becker, German actress and singer
- 1984 –Victor Rasuk, American actor
Who died on January 15?
- 1672 –John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)
- 1970 –William T. Piper, American aircraft designer (b. 1881)
- 1995 –Vera Maxwell, American fashion designer (b. 1901)
- 1998 –Junior Wells, American musician (b. 1934)
- 2001 –Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
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