January 15, 2024
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1849
Constitution of the Chamber of Commerce in Vienna.
1919
During their arrest in Berlin, the KPD leaders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were murdered by Freikorps officers.
1949
The Chinese communists conquer Tientsin (Tianjin).
2009
Shortly after takeoff from La Guardia Airport, an Airbus A320 makes an emergency landing on the Hudson River in New York City. Both engines had previously failed after colliding with a flock of birds. All 155 occupants survive the spectacular ditching.
2019
The British House of Commons votes overwhelmingly against the agreement negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May between Brussels and London on Britain’s exit from the EU. May does not resign and survives a vote of no confidence, but in the next few months she receives two more resounding slaps in the face in votes on the Brexit deal, until she finally announces her resignation in May in exasperation.
Name days
Arnold, Romedius, Mauro, Arno
Birthdays
Pierre Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher (1809-1865)
Friederike “Riki” Raab, Eastern. Ballet dancer (1899-1997)
Oscar Fritz Schuh, German director (1904-1984)
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Brit. Historian (1914-2003)
Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, first person to summit an eight-thousander (Annapurna 1950) (1919-2012)
Martin Luther King, US civil rights activist (1929-1968)
Götz Kauffmann, Eastern Actor, cabaret artist and author (1949-2010)
Michael Neumayer, former German ski jumper (1979)
Days of death
Hermann Bahr, Eastern. Writer (1863-1934)
Rosa Luxemburg, dt. Polish politician. her. (1871-1919)
Karl Liebknecht, German politician (1871-1919)
Carol Channing, US-Broadway-Legende (1921-2019)
Olivia Goldsmith, American writer (1949-2004)
Only “round” anniversaries are listed
2024-01-14 23:04:29
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