January 15th, 2016

Born on January 15th, 2016

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 15th, 2016?

January 15th, 2016

The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Defence_Forces

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, 1934

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

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

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

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

30

Myke Towers

Puerto Rican rapper

*January 15th, 1994, Río Piedras

24

Ikhsan Rumbay

Badminton player

*January 15th, 2000, Tomohon City

28

Huang Kaixiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

39

Thilini Jayasinghe

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1985, Peradeniya

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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

20

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

*January 15th, 2004, Lenexa

30

Eric Dier

English association football player

*January 15th, 1994, Cheltenham

47

Giorgia Meloni

Prime Minister of Italy since 2022

*January 15th, 1977, Rome

36

Sebastian Langkamp

German footballer

*January 15th, 1988, Speyer

32

Max von der Groeben

German actor

*January 15th, 1992, Cologne

42

Benjamin Agosto

American ice dancer

*January 15th, 1982, Chicago

59

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

*January 15th, 1965, Ballymena

77

Andrea Martin

American-Canadian actress, singer and comedian

*January 15th, 1947, Portland

65

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

51

Molière

French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

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

6

Chicago West

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian's daughter

*January 15th, 2018, Los Angeles

67

Mario Van Peebles

American actor

*January 15th, 1957, Mexico City

89

Günther Schellong

German university teacher

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

36

Darwin Atapuma

Road racing cyclist

*January 15th, 1988, Túquerres

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Born in 2016

8

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck

Elder son of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema

*February 5th, 2016, Lingkana Palace

8

Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

Son of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

*March 2nd, 2016, Karolinska University Hospital

7

Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland

Elder son of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden

*April 19th, 2016, Danderyd Municipality

7

Prince Liam of Nassau

Son of Prince Félix of Luxembourg

*November 28th, 2016, Geneva

7

Dream Kardashian

Child of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna

*November 10th, 2016, Los Angeles

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India) which are celebrated on January 15th.

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Born on January 15th, 2016
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Leap year

Yes: 2016 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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