January 15th, 1934

Born on January 15th, 1934

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What happened on January 15th, 1934?

January 15th, 1934

The 8.0 Mw  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Nepal–India_earthquake

January 15th, 1934

At least 10,700 people died when an earthquake registering 8.0 Mw struck Nepal and the Indian state of Bihar.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Nepal–India_earthquake

What else happened on January 15th?

January 15th, 1970

The Republic of Biafra surrendered following a failed attempt at secession from Nigeria, ending the Nigerian Civil War.

January 15th, 2009

US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured).

January 15th, 1975

Portugal and the nationalist factions UNITA, the MPLA and the FNLA signed the Alvor Agreement, ending the Angolan War of Independence.

January 15th, 1974

American serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as the "BTK killer", murdered his first four victims.

January 15th, 1967

The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the American football championship game now known as Super Bowl I.

January 15th, 1962

The Derveni papyrus (fragment pictured), the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, was discovered in Macedonia in northern Greece.

January 15th, 1951

Ilse Koch, the wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court.

January 15th, 1947

The mutilated corpse of the Black Dahlia, a 22-year-old woman whose murder is one of the most famous unsolved crimes in the United States, was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

January 15th, 1943

The highest-capacity office building in the world, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense known as the Pentagon, was dedicated.

January 15th, 1937

Spanish Civil War: Nationalist and Republican forces both withdrew after suffering heavy losses at the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.

January 15th, 1933

A teenage girl in Banneux, Belgium, reported the first of several Marian apparitions, now known as Our Lady of Banneux.

January 15th, 1919

A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets , killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.

January 15th, 1910

Construction on the Buffalo Bill Dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming, then the tallest dam in the world, was completed.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 15th

Born on January 15th, 1934

79

V. S. Ramadevi

Indian politician

*January 15th, 1934, Chebrolu †April 17th, 2013, Bengaluru

87

Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling

German politician

*January 15th, 1934, Parchim †November 11th, 2021

86

Mário de Araújo Cabral

Portuguese racing driver (1934-2020)

*January 15th, 1934, Cedofeita †August 17th, 2020

84

Ephraim Stern

Archaeologist

*January 15th, 1934, Haifa †March 23rd, 2018

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 15th?

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

84

Marcell Restle

German art historian of byzantine era (1932-2016)

*January 15th, 1932, Bad Waldsee †January 25th, 2016, Bad Waldsee

30

Myke Towers

Puerto Rican rapper

*January 15th, 1994, Río Piedras

89

Günther Schellong

German university teacher

*January 15th, 1926, Kiel †October 10th, 2015, Münster

39

Thilini Jayasinghe

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1985, Peradeniya

28

Huang Kaixiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

77

Andrea Martin

American-Canadian actress, singer and comedian

*January 15th, 1947, Portland

24

Ikhsan Rumbay

Badminton player

*January 15th, 2000, Tomohon City

79

Per Ahlmark

Swedish politician and writer (1939-2018)

*January 15th, 1939, Stockholm †June 8th, 2018, Skarpnäck

52

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

*January 15th, 1918, Alexandria †September 28th, 1970, Cairo

56

Malcolm Frager

American pianist

*January 15th, 1935, St. Louis †June 20th, 1991, Lenox

47

Giorgia Meloni

Prime Minister of Italy since 2022

*January 15th, 1977, Rome

65

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

59

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

*January 15th, 1965, Ballymena

67

Mario Van Peebles

American actor

*January 15th, 1957, Mexico City

75

Franz Xaver Bogner

German director and screenwriter

*January 15th, 1949, Pliening

92

August Englas

Estonian wrestler

*January 15th, 1925, Pühajärve †March 21st, 2017, Tallinn

51

Molière

French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

*January 15th, 1622, Paris †February 17th, 1673, Paris

36

Sebastian Langkamp

German footballer

*January 15th, 1988, Speyer

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Born in 1934

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

34

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

82

Alois Mock

Austrian politician (1934-2017)

*June 10th, 1934, Euratsfeld †June 1st, 2017, Vienna

82

Leonard Cohen

Canadian poet and singer-songwriter (1934–2016)

*September 21st, 1934, Montreal †November 7th, 2016, Los Angeles

68

Manfred Durniok

German film producer

*May 2nd, 1934, Berlin †March 7th, 2003, Berlin

81

Uwe Friedrichsen

German actor

*May 27th, 1934, Altona †April 30th, 2016, Hamburg

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

81

Garry Marshall

American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)

*November 13th, 1934, The Bronx †July 19th, 2016, Burbank

84

Jessy Rameik

German actor, singer and voice actor

*April 18th, 1934, Riga †August 31st, 2018, Berlin

32

Brian Epstein

British personal manager and impresario (1934–1967)

*September 19th, 1934, Liverpool †August 27th, 1967, London

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

82

Roman Herzog

Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1934-2017)

*April 5th, 1934, Landshut †January 10th, 2017, Bad Mergentheim

89

Sophia Loren

Italian actress

*September 20th, 1934, Rome

88

Bill Russell

American basketball player and coach (1934–2022)

*February 12th, 1934, Monroe †July 31st, 2022, Mercer Island

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

Billy Paul

American singer (1934-2016)

*December 1st, 1934, Philadelphia †April 24th, 2016, Blackwood

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

83

Norbert Kunisch

German classical archaeologist

*December 16th, 1934, Dortmund †May 2nd, 2018, Oxford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1934 is a normal year and no leap year.

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