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| − | '''January 15''' | + | '''January 15''' in history: |
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| | + | * 69, Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, |
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| | + | * 1759, the British Museum opens |
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| | + | * 1870, a political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United |
| | + | States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead |
| | + | Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly) |
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| | + | * 1885, Wilson Bentley takes the first photograph of a snowflake |
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| | + | * 1892, James Naismith publishes the rules for basketball |
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| | + | * 1936, the first building to be completely covered in glass is |
| | + | completed in Toledo, Ohio (the building was for the Owens-Illinois |
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| | + | Company) |
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| | + | * 1943, the world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated |
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| | + | * 1967, in the first ever Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers defeat the |
| | + | Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10. |
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| | + | * 1970, Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya |
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| | + | * 1973, during the Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, |
| | + | President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension |
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| | + | * 1976, President Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is |
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| | + | * 1991, the United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces |
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| | + | Operation Desert Storm |
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| | + | * 2003, Mickey Mouse and The Walt Disney Co. scored a big victory as |
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| | + | Supreme Court upheld longer copyright protections for cartoon |
| | + | characters, songs, books and other creations worth billions of dollars |
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| | + | * 2005, an intense solar flare blasts X rays across the solar system. |
| | + | ALSO: ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, |
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| | + | * 2007, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and |
| | + | half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief |
| | + | judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq |
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| | + | [[Category:January]][[Category:Days of the Year]] |