Today in History
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2001 Wikipedia goes online
The online encyclopedia has since become the largest reference work on the internet.
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In 1992 Croatia and Slovenia are internationally recognized as independent nations
The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as a result.
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1973 Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
The fighting continued anyway until the capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People’s Army on April 30, 1975.
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1892 The rules of Basketball are published
Canadian James Naismith invented the sport for his gym class at YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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1759 The British Museum opens
Its collection comprises 8 million items and it is one of the most comprehensive collections in the world.
Births On This Day, January 15
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1965 James Nesbitt
Irish actor
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1941 Captain Beefheart
American singer-songwriter
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1929 Martin Luther King, Jr.
American minster, activist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian army officer, politician, 2nd President of Egypt
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1622 Molière
French playwright, actor
Deaths On This Day, January 15
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1994 Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter, musician
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1988 Seán MacBride
Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate
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1950 Henry H. Arnold
American general
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1947 Elizabeth Short
American waitress, murder victim
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1919 Rosa Luxemburg
Russian economist, philosopher
