Historical Events on January 15.

1.   Indian Army Day

2.  1559, 15th January: Queen Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey.

3.  1761, 15th January: Third Battle of Panipat ended.

4.  1784, 15th January: Establishment of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

5.  1861, 15th January: Elisha G. Otis, the inventor, received the world’s first patent for a safe lift.

6.  1889, 15th January: The Pemberton Medicine Company started in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This company is currently known as The Coca Cola Company.

7.  1934, 15th January: A massive earthquake in Bihar killed about 20 thousand people.

8.  1949, 15th January: K. M. Cariappa became the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. Since then, 15 January celebrates as Army Day.

9.  1965, 15th January: Establishment of Food Corporation of India.

10.  1970, 15th January: Muammar Gaddafi proclaimed the premier of Libya.

11.  1973, 15th January: General Gopal Gurunath Bevur became the 9th Chief of Army Staff of India. He is the first Maharashtrian to become Army Chief.

12.  1988, 15th January: Former India bowler Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets in his first Test match against West Indies.

13.  1996, 15th January: The Boribunder (Victoria Terminus) station renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).

14.  2001, 15th January: Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia, became available on the Internet for the first time.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 15.

1.   1888: Saifuddin Kitchen, an Indian freedom fighter, barrister, politician, and later a leader of the peace movement.

2.  1926: Khashaba Jadhav, an Indian wrestler.

3.  1929: Martin Luther King Jr., an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement

4.  1934: V. S. Ramadevi, an Indian civil servant who was the 13th Governor of Karnataka and 9th Chief Election Commissioner of India.

5.  1956: Mayawati, an Indian politician.

6.  1967: Bhanupriya, an Indian film actress, Kuchipudi dancer, and voice artist.

7.  1973: Suparno Satpathy, a socio-political leader from the state of Odisha in India.

8.  1981: Pitbull, an American rapper.

9.  1984: Benjamin Shapiro, an American conservative political commentator, media host, and attorney.  

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 15.

1.   1916: Dinanath Dalal, an Indian painter, and illustrator.

2.  1919: Rosa Luxemburg, a Polish Marxist, philosopher, economist, anti-war activist, and revolutionary socialist.

3.  1994: Harilal Upadhyay, a Gujarati novelist, and poet.

4.  1996: Mohsin Naqvi, a Pakistani poet.

5.  1998: Gulzarilal Nanda, an Indian politician, economist, and the second Prime Minister of India.

6.  2007: James Hillier, a Canadian-American scientist and inventor, and co-designer of the first successful high-resolution electron microscope.

7.  2012: Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman photojournalist.

8.  2014: Namdeo Dhasal, a Marathi poet, writer, and Dalit activist from Maharashtra, India.