January 15

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years).

Events:

• 1919 - The Boston Molasses Disaster killed 21 people.

Births:

• 1622 - Jean Baptiste Moliere (playwright)
• 1870 - Pierre S. DuPont (industrialist)
• 1892 - Rex Ingram (director, writer)
• 1913 - Lloyd Bridges (actor)
• 1929 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (civil rights leader)
• 1941 - Captain Beefheart (singer)
• 1951 - Charo (singer, actress)
• 1957 - Mario Van Peebles (actor, director)
• 1957 - Julian Sands (actor)

Deaths:

Holidays and observances:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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