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 15^th 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.

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.

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.
• 1493 –
  Christopher Columbus sets sail for Spain from Hispaniola, ending his first voyage to the New World.
• 1559 –
  Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
• 1947 –
  The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (“The Black Dahlia”) is found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.
• 1966 –
  The Nigerian First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d’état.
• 1969 –
  The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
• 1973 –
  Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
• 1977 –
  The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden’s history.
• 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.
• 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.

Who were born on January 15?

• 1716 –
  Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
• 1869 –
  Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
• 1885 –
  Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
• 1920 –
  Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1950 –
  Marius Trésor, French footballer
• 1961 –
  Yves P. Pelletier, Canadian comedian and film director
• 1969 –
  Meret Becker, German actress and singer
• 1976 –
  Doug Gottlieb, American basketball analyst
• 1979 –
  Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1984 –
  Victor Rasuk, American actor

Who died on January 15?

• 1790 –
  John Landen, English mathematician (b. 1719)
• 1804 –
  Dru Drury, English entomologist (b. 1725)
• 1926 –
  Enrico Toselli, Italian composer (b. 1883)
• 1968 –
  Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 1983 –
  Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster (b. 1902)
• 1987 –
  Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1994 –
  Harry Nilsson, American musician (b. 1941)
• 2000 –
  Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
• 2001 –
  Leo Marks, English cryptographer, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1920)
• 2005 –
  Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)