Today's Holidays in January 15

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2016 — The Kenyan Army suffers it worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 soldiers die. ↗
• 2013 — A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others. ↗
• 2009 — Captain Sully (Chesley Sullenberger) emergency landed a US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River saving all 155 passengers after the... ↗
• 2007 — Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief... ↗
• 2005 — ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 2004 — Grace VanderWaal, American singer
• 1995 — Liam Knight, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer
• 1994 — Eric Dier, English footballer
• 1992 — Joshua King, Norwegian footballer