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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

This will be 15th day of the year and 350 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 4 Shevat 5773
Chinese calendar — the 4th day of the 12th month of 4710 (Ren Chen)
Islamic calendar — (note)

January 15 Birthdays

Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929–1968, American Civil Rights Leader.

Moliere
playwright (1622)

Abigail Kelley Foster
abolitionist (1810)

Edward Teller
atomic physicist (1908)

Lloyd Bridges
actor (1913)

Robert Byrd
political leader (1917)

Gamal Nasser
political leader (1918)

January 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

January 15 in History

1559

Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1759

The British Museum opened.

1777

The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence. Six months later it was renamed Vermont.

1870

The donkey was first used as symbol of the Democratic Party in Harper's Weekly.

1943

The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.

1967

The first Super Bowl was played: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10.

1973

President Nixon orders halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.

1992

The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918.

2009

After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from La Guardia Airport, New York City, to Charlotte, N.C., is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived. The pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, was hailed as the "Hero of the Hudson" for his quick thinking and deft landing of the plane.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.