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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 15
- 100th: 1924 - Third Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms.
- 90th: 1934 - 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die.
- 90th: 1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 baseball contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut).
- 90th: 1934 - Death of Hermann Bahr in Munich, Germany, at age 70; dramatist, Austrian writer (Concert).
- 90th: 1934 - Patrick O'Malley, US policeman, killed by John Dillinger.
- 80th: 1944 - European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany.
- 80th: 1944 - US General Dwight Eisenhower begins his command of Operation Overlord.
- 80th: 1944 - Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in one cell, ten die.
- 60th: 1964 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City, New York.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Cees van der de Linden; soccer player.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Paula Schnurr in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada; 1500m runner (Olympics-8-1992, 1996).
- 60th: 1964 - Teamsters negotiate first national labor contract.
- 50th: 1974 - ABC airs the first episode of sitcom Happy Days, with Ron Howard as Ritchie Cunningham.
- 50th: 1974 - 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle, Washington.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Aubrey Jo Hiller in Missoula, Montana, USA; Miss Montana-America (1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Mike Minter; safety (Carolina Panthers).
- 50th: 1974 - Expert panel reports 18.5 minute gap in Watergate tape, five separate erasures.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Megan Quann, American swimmer.
- 40th: 1984 - Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match tennis winning streak.
- 40th: 1984 - Schönbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44).
- 30th: 1994 - György Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at age 72.
- 30th: 1994 - Hague motorist with 0.51 percent alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (0.47 percent).
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Harry Nilsson in his sleep at age 52; American singer, songwriter ("Without You" (1971), "Everybody's Talkin'", Grammy winner) (born 1941).
- 30th: 1994 - Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist.
- 20th: 2004 - In the USA, Carol Moseley Braun drops out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and endorses Howard Dean.
- 15th: 2009 - The British Government gives the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow airport.
- 15th: 2009 - A US Airways Airbus 320 Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River off New York City shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, after birds disable both engines. All 155 passengers and crew members are safely rescued.
- 15th: 2009 - Patrick McGoohan, actor (Danger Man, The Prisoner, Emmy awards for Colombo, Bafta award for The Greatest Man In The World), dies at age 80 in Los Angeles, California.
- 15th: 2009 - Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank, posts its first quarterly loss in 17 years, of US$1.79 billion.
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