Thursday, the 15th of January, 2015 is the 15th day in 2015 and in the 3rd calendar week.
General Events:
National Humanitarian Day
January 15, 2015 in the USA
Humanity is a word which transcends race, country, language, age, religion or culture. Humanity consists of all peoples in the planet Earth united as one. Unfortunately, this remains a dream. For to truly be united as one, each country would respect the other countries and help them as they would their own countrymen.
National Humanitarian Day is the ?rst day of the three annual “Emancipation Days of Respect” created to honor Martin Luther King Jr. to promote unity, respect and remembrance. January 15 was chosen as it corresponds to his birthday
The second annual day, Victims of Violence Holy Day, is observed on Martin Luther King Jr.’s death anniversary, April 4. The last annual day, Dream Day Quest and Jubilee, is on August 28 marking the anniversary of his speech entitled “I Have a Dream.”
This day is dedicated to those who helped end racial separation in America and is observed by encouraging people to wear white. Donating money or services to charitable or philanthropic institutions or activities would also be perfect. Fund raising campaigns for humanitarian causes, through concerts, are also done during this day.
Where is National Humanitarian Day?
Nationwide USA
Indian Army Day
January 15, 2015 in India
Indian Army Day takes place on January 15, 2015. Army Day is celebrated every year in India, in recognition of Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa’s taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher, the last British commander, in 1948. The day is celebrated in the form of parades and other military shows in national capital as well as all 6 Army Command headquarters. The Army rededicates itself to become a part of the ‘War Winning Team’ on this day. The day begins with paying homage to the martyred soldiers at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate, New Delhi. It is followed by parades and many military shows which feature the technology and achievements in Army which is held at the Delhi Cantonment every year. Unit credentials and Sena Medals are also presented for gallantry on the occasion.
Where is Indian Army Day?
Nationwide India
Alphabet Day in North Korea
January 15, 2015 in North Korea
Alphabet Day in North Korea is celebrated on January 15, 2015. The Korean Alphabet Day is a national Korean commemorative day marking the invention and the proclamation of the Korean alphabet, the native alphabet of the Korean language, by King Sejong the Great. It is celebrated on January 15 to mark the date, January 15, 1444 (1443 in lunar calendar), which is believed to be that of the actual creation of Hunmin Jeongeum.
Where is Alphabet Day in North Korea?
Nationwide North Korea
Wikipedia Day 2015
January 15, 2015 in the World
Wikipedia Day is celebrated on January 15, 2015. January 15 is known as Wikipedia Day to Wikipedians. On this date in the year 2001, the wiki-based Wikipedia project went public after spending five days on Nupedia. Wikipedia Day has been celebrated, both online and offline, for several years.
Wikipedia is a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia that the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation supports. Volunteers worldwide collaboratively write Wikipedia’s 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.4 million in the English Wikipedia. Anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles.
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia on January 15, 2001, the latter creating its name Wikipedia, from a portmanteau of wiki (a type of collaborative website, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning “quick”) and encyclopedia.
Where is the event?
Worldwide
National Hat Day
January 15, 2015 in the USA
National Hat Day is set aside to wear and enjoy a hat of your choice and style. Isn’t it great that hats come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and styles? There’s one to fit every size head and personality. Often, hats are used to make a statement, or to promote a cause or a product.
Oh yeah… hats have logical uses, too. Some hats (Aka helmets), offer safety protection. Some hats keep your head warm, or the sun out of your eyes….how boring.
National Hat Day is not intended to just keep your noggin warm. Its a chance to make a statement and to display you favorite headgear. We suggest you wear a number of different hats over the course of the day.
Did you know? More body heat is lost from your head than other parts of the body. So, wearing a hat goes a long way towards staying warm on a cold winter’s day (or night).
Where is the event?
Nationwide USA
Historical Events on 15th January:
588 BC – Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC.
1346 – Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand
1535 – Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England
1797 – 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
1861 – Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1907 – 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee De Forest
1919 – 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21
1922 – Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st Premier
1934 – 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die
1935 – 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition
1945 – The Manhattan Project’s G-5 Group, headed by Physicist’s Donald Kerst and Seth Neddermeyer, take their first betatron pictures of a nuclear implosion at the Los Alamos Laboratory
1951 – “Cloud of Death” rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000
1955 – USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic
1971 – Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1975 – Portugal signs accord for Angola’s independence
1985 – Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years
1991 – UN’s deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don’t)
1997 – Diana, the Princess of Wales, calls for an international ban on landmines, angering ministers in the UK
2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online
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