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Macarius of Egypt ( Western Christianity) Maurus and Placidus ( Order of Saint Benedict) Paul the Hermit. January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Martin Luther King Jr. Day can fall (the 15th being his birthday), while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January.
t. e. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., [ 1] and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in ...
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January 8: Eugenio María de Hostos's birthday in Puerto Rico (2024) Blackstone Library. 1697 – Scottish student Thomas Aikenhead became the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy. 1904 – Blackstone Library (pictured), the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.
Jackie McLean (May 17, 1931 –March 31, 2006), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 93 this year. Karl Drewo (May 17, 1929 –October 05, 1995), Austrian tenor saxophonist, would have turned 95 this year. Peter Badie (May 17, 1925 –April 15, 2023), American bass player, would have turned 99 this year. Bob Merrill (May 17, 1921 ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
2015 (Saturday) January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year (349 in leap years ).
Dido, b. 1971. English singer Dido was born on Dec. 25, but like many other Christmas babies whose parents want them to have a proper birthday, she celebrates the occasion on June 25. She rose to ...