On this day: 15 January

Selected events and births on 15 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1857 – In British Hong Kong, hundreds of Europeans were non-lethally poisoned by arsenic in bread from a locally owned bakery, leading to geopolitical tension. Read more: British Hong Kong Esing Bakery incident
• 1885 – Wilson Bentley took the first known photograph of a snowflake by attaching a bellows camera to a microscope. Read more: Wilson Bentley Snowflake View camera
• 1910 – Construction was completed on the Buffalo Bill Dam, then the tallest dam in the world, on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Read more: Buffalo Bill Dam Shoshone River Wyoming
• 1933 – A teenage girl in Banneux, Belgium, reported the first of several Marian apparitions, now known as Our Lady of Banneux. Read more: Banneux Marian apparition Our Lady of Banneux
• 1962 – The Derveni papyrus (fragment pictured), the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, was discovered in Macedonia in northern Greece. Read more: Derveni papyrus Manuscript Macedonia (Greece)
• 1967 – The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the American football championship game now known as Super Bowl I. Read more: Green Bay Packers Kansas City Chiefs Professional American football championship games
• 1981 – The American serial police-procedural television show Hill Street Blues aired its pilot episode, "Hill Street Station". Read more: Police procedural Hill Street Blues Television pilot
• 2001 – The first edit to the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia was made. Read more: First Wikipedia edit Wikipedia
• 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). Read more: US Airways Flight 1549 Canada goose Standard instrument departure

Born on this day

• 1943 – Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Read more: Margaret Beckett Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)
• 1943 – Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union Read more: Stuart E. Eizenstat List of ambassadors of the United States to the European Union
• 1956 – Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Read more: Mayawati Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 1958 – Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia Read more: Boris Tadić President of Serbia
• 1996 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer Read more: Dove Cameron
• 1996 – Deebo Samuel, American football player Read more: Deebo Samuel
• 1998 – Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast Read more: Alexandra Eade
• 1998 – Ben Godfrey, English footballer Read more: Ben Godfrey
• 1998 – Chloe Kelly, English footballer Read more: Chloe Kelly
• 2000 – Triston Casas, American baseball player Read more: Triston Casas
• 2002 – Tim Stützle, German ice hockey player Read more: Tim Stützle
• 2004 – Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter Read more: Grace VanderWaal

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / January 15 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.