Monday January 15, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 15: Day of the Week

January 15, 2024 was the 15th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 351 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 15 Historical Event(s)

1582
Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1777
American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
1822
Greek War of Independence: Demetrius Ypsilanti is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1870
A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (“A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly).
1889
The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta.
1908
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
1951
Ilse Koch, “The Witch of Buchenwald”, wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in West Germany.
1970
Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
1991
Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honours system.
2005
ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.

Who were born on January 15?

1850
Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
1921
Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 2007)
1925
Ruth Slenczynska, U.S. pianist
1941
Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist (d. 2010)
1943
Ashraf Aman, first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2
1954
Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
1978
Eddie Cahill, American actor
1979
Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
1982
Brett Lebda, American hockey player
1985
Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player

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