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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.
January 23. Elizabeth Blackwell. 1556 – One of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck Shaanxi, China, resulting in at least 100,000 direct deaths. 1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell (pictured) graduated from Geneva Medical College in New York, making her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
1908 – Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women, was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine students. 1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two prominent socialists in Germany, were tortured and murdered by the Freikorps .
15 Famous, Inspiring People in History Who Had Schizophrenia. ... May 31, 2024 at 10:59 AM. NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 01: Vincent Van Gogh. Self-portrait. Oil on canvas (1889). 65 x 54,5 cm. (Photo by ...
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American and Canadian actress, [2] best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News.She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas (1974), Wag the Dog (1997), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), and Little Italy (2018).
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were both born on Friday, June 13, 1986, making them 37 years old.
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".
2003 - Death of Alan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911) 2004 - Death of Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) 2007 - Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. January 13: 1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter.