This Day in History
15 Jan 1346
Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha Holland and Zealand
15 Jan 1552
France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
15 Jan 1582
Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland loses access to Baltic
15 Jan 1586
Battle at Boxum Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army
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Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
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American Pie hits #1 on the pop charts
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New Connecticut (Vermont) declares independence
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First appearance of the Democratic donkey
On January 14 1870 the first recorded use of a donkey to represent the Democratic Party appears in Harpers Weekly. Drawn by political illustrator Thom...
Elizabeth crowned queen of England
Two months after the death of her half-sister Queen Mary I of England Elizabeth Tudor the 25-year-old daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is crowned Quee...
Qaddafi becomes premier of Libya
Muammar al-Qaddafi the young Libyan army captain who deposed King Idris in September 1969 is proclaimed premier of Libya by the so-called General People...
Martin Luther King Jr. born
On January 15 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta Georgia the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate degree in theology and in 1955...
Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl
On this day in 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever world championship game of American footba...
Rebel leaders are murdered in failed coup in Berlin
A coup launched in Berlin by a group of radical socialist revolutionaries is brutally suppressed by right-wing paramilitary units from January 10 to January 15...
Nixon halts military action against North Vietnam
Citing progress in the Paris peace negotiations between National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam President Richa...
Kennedy says U.S. troops are not fighting
Asked at a news conference if U.S. troops are fighting in Vietnam President Kennedy answers No. He was technically correct but U.S. soldiers we...
Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl
On January 15 1967 the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) smash the American Football League (AFL)s Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in...
Nixon suspends military action in North Vietnam
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The utopian Amana colony embraces capitalism
After nearly a century of cooperative living the utopian Amana colonists of Iowa begin using U.S. currency for the first time.The wide-open spaces of the West ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is finished
On this day in 1831 Victor Hugo finishes writing Notre Dame de Paris also known as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Distracted by other projects Hugo had continu...
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