Today in History : January 15
1624 : Riots flare in Mexico when it is announced that all churches are to be closed.
1811 : In a secret session, Congress plans to annex Spanish East Florida.
1865 : Union troops capture Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
1913 : The first telephone line between Berlin and New York is inaugurated.
1919 : Peasants in Central Russia rise against the Bolsheviks.
1920 : The Dry Law goes into effect in the United States. Selling liquor and beer becomes illegal.
1920 : The United States approves a $150 million loan to Poland, Austria and Armenia to aid in their war with the Russian communists.
1927 : The Dumbarton Bridge opens in San Francisco carrying the first auto traffic across the bay.
1929 : The U.S. Senate ratifies the Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact.
1930 : Amelia Earhart sets an aviation record for women at 171 mph in a Lockheed Vega.
1936 : In London, Japan quits all naval disarmament talks after being denied equality.
1944 : The U.S. Fifth Army successfully breaks the German Winter Line in Italy with the capture of Mount Trocchio.
1949 : Chinese Communists occupy Tientsin after a 27-hour battle with Nationalist forces.
1965 : Sir Winston Churchill suffers a severe stroke.
1967 : Some 462 Yale faculty members call for an end to the bombing in North Vietnam.
1973 : US President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action by US troops in Vietnam.
1973 : Four of six remaining Watergate defendants plead guilty.
1975 : The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of independence and granting the country independence from Portugal.
1976 : Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life in prison for her failed attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.
1991 : UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw its forces from occupied Kuwait passes, setting the stage for Operation Desert Storm.
1991 : Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II approves Australia instituting its own Victoria Cross honors system, the first county in the British Commonwealth permitted to do so.
1992 : Slovenia and Croatia’s independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is recognized by the international community.
2001 : Wikipedia goes online
Born on January 15
1622 : Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French comic dramatist best remembered for his play La Tartuffe.
1716 : Philip Livingston, signatory to the Declaration of Independence.
1823 : Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer.
1906 : Aristotle Onassis, Greek tycoon.
1908 : Edward Teller, Hungarian-born U.S. physicist known as the “Father of the H-bomb.”
1929 : Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1945 : Princess Michael of Kent (Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz), married to Prince Michael of Kent, grandson of Britain’s King George V.
1948 : Ronnie Van Zant, singer, songwriter; founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd band.
1982 : Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia.
1624 : Riots flare in Mexico when it is announced that all churches are to be closed.
1811 : In a secret session, Congress plans to annex Spanish East Florida.
1865 : Union troops capture Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
1913 : The first telephone line between Berlin and New York is inaugurated.
1919 : Peasants in Central Russia rise against the Bolsheviks.
1920 : The Dry Law goes into effect in the United States. Selling liquor and beer becomes illegal.
1920 : The United States approves a $150 million loan to Poland, Austria and Armenia to aid in their war with the Russian communists.
1927 : The Dumbarton Bridge opens in San Francisco carrying the first auto traffic across the bay.
1929 : The U.S. Senate ratifies the Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact.
1930 : Amelia Earhart sets an aviation record for women at 171 mph in a Lockheed Vega.
1936 : In London, Japan quits all naval disarmament talks after being denied equality.
1944 : The U.S. Fifth Army successfully breaks the German Winter Line in Italy with the capture of Mount Trocchio.
1949 : Chinese Communists occupy Tientsin after a 27-hour battle with Nationalist forces.
1965 : Sir Winston Churchill suffers a severe stroke.
1967 : Some 462 Yale faculty members call for an end to the bombing in North Vietnam.
1973 : US President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action by US troops in Vietnam.
1973 : Four of six remaining Watergate defendants plead guilty.
1975 : The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of independence and granting the country independence from Portugal.
1976 : Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life in prison for her failed attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.
1991 : UN deadline for Iraq to withdraw its forces from occupied Kuwait passes, setting the stage for Operation Desert Storm.
1991 : Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II approves Australia instituting its own Victoria Cross honors system, the first county in the British Commonwealth permitted to do so.
1992 : Slovenia and Croatia’s independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is recognized by the international community.
2001 : Wikipedia goes online
Born on January 15
1622 : Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French comic dramatist best remembered for his play La Tartuffe.
1716 : Philip Livingston, signatory to the Declaration of Independence.
1823 : Mathew Brady, Civil War photographer.
1906 : Aristotle Onassis, Greek tycoon.
1908 : Edward Teller, Hungarian-born U.S. physicist known as the “Father of the H-bomb.”
1929 : Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1945 : Princess Michael of Kent (Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz), married to Prince Michael of Kent, grandson of Britain’s King George V.
1948 : Ronnie Van Zant, singer, songwriter; founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd band.
1982 : Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia.
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