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