This day in History - January 15

396 Historic Events for January 15
1915 Event Japan claims economic control of China
1916 Birth Mikki Doyle, journalist
1918 Birth Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1971)
1918 Birth Andreas M Donner, Dutch jurist (constitutional law)
1919 Event W Collison and O Harbach's "Up in Mabel's Room," premieres in NYC
1919 Death Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47
1919 Event Semana Tragica (Tragic Week): Bloodbath in Buenos Aires
1919 Death Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered
1919 Event 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21
1919 Event Frank Wedekind's "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit," premieres
1919 Event Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland
1920 Birth John Junor, British editor in chief (Sunday Express)
1920 Birth John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Phila, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY
1922 Birth Franz Fhmann, writer
1922 Event Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier
1922 Death John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89
1923 Birth Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988- )
1924 Event 3rd Dutch govt Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms
1924 Death Geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74
1925 Event Hans Luther forms German govt, with DNVP
1925 Birth Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist
1925 Birth Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist
1926 Birth Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress (Space 1999)
1926 Death Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42
1927 Birth Francis Routh, composer