January 15

What happened on January 15 in history

4 events fall on January 15, from 1559 to 1943. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on January 15

  1. 1559

    Elizabeth I is crowned

    The new queen is crowned at Westminster Abbey after a winter of careful staging.

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  2. 1919

    The Boston molasses flood

    A burst storage tank sends a wave of syrup through the North End, killing twenty-one.

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  3. 1929

    Martin Luther King Jr is born

    The future civil rights leader is born on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta.

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  4. 1943

    The Pentagon is completed

    The world's largest office building goes up in sixteen months of wartime construction.

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