Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 15
January 15, 2024 is the 15th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 15
- 588 BC –Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
- 1822 –Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
- 1919 –Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
- 1949 –Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- 1951 –Ilse Koch, “The Witch of Buchenwald”, wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
- 1967 –The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
- 1970 –Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
- 1992 –The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 2009 –US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.
Who were born on January 15?
- 1674 –Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
- 1875 –Thomas Burke, American sprinter (d. 1929)
- 1893 –Ivor Novello, Welsh composer and actor (d. 1951)
- 1913 –Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1919 –Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer, first to ascend an 8000m peak, Annapurna in 1950
- 1937 –Margaret O'Brien, American actress
- 1973 –Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
- 1985 –Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
- 1987 –Kelly Kelly, American WWE Diva
- 1987 –Michael Seater, Canadian actor
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