Historical Events In January - 15

1889  The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia on January - 15.   

1891  On this day in history osip E Mandelstam, Warsaw Poland, Russian poet (Noise of Time)   

1892  On this day in history dr. James Naismith publishes, for the first time, the thirteen rules of basketball the game he invented the previous winter, in Springfield, Massachusetts.   

1892  Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass on January - 15.   

1892  Frank Hutchens, composer on January - 15.   

1893  D Ivor D Novello, British composer/writer (Truth Game) on January - 15.   

1894  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization on January - 15.   

1895  On this day in history albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record   

1895  On this day in history french fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar   

1896  Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael & his Lost Angel," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1896  Jacobo Ficher, composer on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

1899  Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman) on January - 15.   

1900  On this day in history sCNEC soccer team forms   

1900  On January - 15 caesar Domela, Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son)   

1902  Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, king (Saudi Arabia) on January - 15.   

1904  Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73 on January - 15.   

1905  On this day in history coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater   

1906  Aristotle Onassis, Greece, rich shipping magnate on January - 15.   

1907  On this day in history gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them   

1907  3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest on January - 15.   

1908  C Hill & R J Hartigan make 8th wicket partnership 243 for Australia on January - 15.   

1908  C Hill & R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust on January - 15.   

1908  Edward Teller, Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project) on this day in history.   

1909  Elie Siegmeister, NYC, composer (Plough & the Stars) on January - 15.   

1909  Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1911  On January - 15 cy Feuer, NYC, Bdwy producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)   

1911  Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1913  Telephone service begins between New York and Berlin on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history the birth of Lloyd Bridges, American actor   

1913  On January - 15 lloyd Bridges, San Leandro Calif, actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane)   

1914  Lord Dacre of Glanton, British historian on this day in history.   

1915  Japan claims economic control of China on January - 15.   

1915  On January - 15 guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63   

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1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on January - 15.   

1481  Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on January - 15.   

1507  Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on January - 15.   

1538  On January - 15 birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)   

1567  Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation) was born on January - 15.   

1622  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on January - 15.   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)   

1674  Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on this day in history.   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on this day in history.   

0570  Death of Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) on this day in history.   

0936  Death of King Rudolph of France on January - 15.   

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on January - 15.   

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on this day in history.   

1481  On January - 15 death of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1595  On January - 15 death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)   

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on January - 15.