Talk:January 15

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January 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States (2024) John Chilembwe Day in Malawi US Airways Flight 1549 crash and rescue 1857 – In British Hong Kong, hundreds of Europeans were non-lethally poisoned by arsenic in bread from a locally owned bakery, leading to geopolitical tension. 1934 – At least 10,700 people died when an earthquake registering 8.0 Mw struck Nepal and the Indian state of Bihar. 1974 – American serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as the "BTK killer", murdered his first four victims. 1991 – The Victoria Cross for Australia was instituted by letters patent; the first Commonwealth realm with a separate Victoria Cross award in its honours system. 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured). Theophylact (d. 849) Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1929) Regina Margareten (d. 1959) Millie Knight (b. 1999) More anniversaries: January 14 January 15 January 16

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My birthday is January 15! Why am I not on here?== Joan of Arc ==

It is said in the article on Joan of Arc that her legendary birthdate is January 6, but this cannot be ascertained. On January 6 this is correctly noted. So what is her birth doing on January 15? (Which is coincidentially my birthday :P)

This is the first time I've heard January 15 listed as Joan of Arc's possible date of birth. I had heard January 6 — though I dismiss it as unlikely for reasons unrelated to the rest of the month. I wonder if whoever added it had a source (and if so, what it is).  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 16:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

US Airways crash

Plane crashes happen every day and most are not globally notable. This event is the top of the news because it happened today. It is impossible to know if this event will be globally notable for the long term. Only if this event leads to specific changes in air traffic regulations will it be notable. Let's give it some time to see what the global reaction to this particular crash is. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 00:01, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I'll have to disagree here somewhat. A major plane crash in which no-one is killed--in the middle of a major city, no less--is extraordinarily unusual. If the plane had merely slid off the runway on take-off that would be a different story, but this particular story has many unusual elements. (My own favourite, albeit utterly unrelated to anything being discussed here, is from the New York Times story: 'In addition, [pilot Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger] is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Catastrophic Risk Management.' Looks as if he has material for his next paper.) --CalendarWatcher (talk) 01:43, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

It may turn out to be notable. My knee-jerk reaction is usually to say that anything that happened today is not yet historically significant - mostly because it isn't really history - there's no way to tell. Most events cannot be judged as long term globally notable until enough time has passed for the event to be evaluated in an historical context. I guess we could look at it by asking the question when was the last successful water landing of a commercial aircraft? That doesn't happen every day. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 03:47, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

This crash, albeit notable per se, it is not as important as the announcement from NASA that methane exists on Mars. Someone decided to delete this EVENT, though. Way to go boys! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.26.129.5 (talk) 09:21, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity: have you read the whole NASA announcement? even they admit that methane has first been detected on mars in 2003 and it can be of geological origin. Lectonar (talk) 09:26, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, why did you deleted that post entirely, instead of changing it? You know, the political corectness doesn't have a place when dealing with such matters, regardless how staunch its supporters are. Please, leave the mention of this event where it belongs, some people might be interested more in it than in the crash and I think you should respect them. I am fairly certain they outnumber by far those interested by minor events in history. Thanks for nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.26.129.5 (talk) 09:33, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem leaving it there now, although your point of view could be contested. Lectonar (talk) 09:37, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

One more thing: the methane has been detected in 2003 as you mention, but "The team found methane in the Martian atmosphere by carefully observing the planet --throughout several Mars years--[...]" AND "[...]a paper describing this research that will appear in Science Express on Thursday." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.26.129.5 (talk) 09:42, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Project Chanology

This event, as listed, does not link to any supporting articles that mention that the event occurred on this date. Events relating to Project Chanology (even when supported) have been discussed elsewhere and deemed to be non-notable. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 00:04, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Project Chanology marks the first time people worldwide have used the internet as a means to rapidly organize, and act in real life protest, without any form of hierarchy or leaders.

The following link, listed on Project Chanology's page, shows the beginning being on this date: http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=51051816 -- Douchemania (talk) 00:22, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

The link that you provided appears to be for a bulletin board and that, unfortunately, is not a reliable source. WP:DAYS explains that entries on date articles must be supported by links to existing Wikipedia articles that support the entry in full. Whether it is supported or not, this event is not notable. Please have a look at the discussion at Talk:February_10 on a similar topic. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 00:35, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: reliable source that is an archive of the post on said board which began Project Chanology, not a reporting of it- that was it. Link to existing Wikipedia article has also been included. How are these not reliable?

Re: notable As previously mentioned, this is the first time the internet has been used as a means for people to globally, immediately, and anonymously gather, share ideas, gather consensus and use that to act in real life. It is laying the groundwork for protests of the future, and has thus far been a year long, successful campaign. -- Douchemania (talk) 01:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

If one draws the borders narrowly enough, practically any event can be termed 'a first': you have to convince others that this particular first is in fact meaningful. Given there's no real impact shown, and that one has to add a load of qualifiers to get this particular 'first' to begin with, I'd suggest you haven't made this case. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 01:33, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Coca Cola Co: What a Lot Of C’s!

Right, I’m confused.

Believe it or not, I was trying to write a quiz for my local paper: and THOUGHT I’d hit an idea theme, when I noticed that the Coca Cola Co had apparently been incorporated — under its original name of ‘The Pemberton Medicine Company’ — on 15th January, 1889.

But couldn’t find any reference to the dat on Wikipedia’s entry on either the company or the drink.

Is there ANY way of getting this cleaned up: so that the correct, definite, date shows up in both entries, and on the relevant ‘On This Day’ page?

Cheers, all!

Cuddy2977 (talk) 16:31, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

References

Rocky?

Hey wait a minute! Where's Rocky Johnson? Why isn't he on the death list? Xfhxzf (talk), 7:02 PM, January 19, 2021 (MST).

Who? Deb (talk) 11:43, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Rocky Johnson, he's a former WWE Champion, he's also the father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He died in 2020, and for some reason, he's not on the list of Passings of January 15, because that is the day he passed. Now, do you understand who Rocky Johnson is? Xfhxzf (talk), 11:26 AM, January 20, 2021 (MST).

So you think he is world-famous because he's the father of Dwayne Johnson? Or is it just that you mistakenly think we have to include everyone who's got a Wikipedia article in the Year articles? Deb (talk) 17:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

No. I'm just pointing out that he's not there! Plus, there is more to Rocky Johnson then him just being the parent of a Star himself. His wrestling career debuted before his son was even born! Xfhxzf (talk), 12:06 PM, January 21, 2021 (MST)

We know he's not there. It's because no one has taken the trouble to add him with an inline citation. Deb (talk) 15:59, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

What does that mean? Xfhxzf (talk) 10:51 AM, January 23, 2021 (MST)

Nâzım Hikmet (Births, 1902)

The entry here describes him as Greek-Turkish, but the introduction of Nâzım Hikmet describes him as Turkish-Polish. (There's a citation for the claim he held Polish citizenship but the source is in Polish and was published by "Polish Section of the Communist International (Stalinowsko-Hodżystowskiej)".) —71.105.243.101 (talk) 01:57, 15 January 2023 (UTC)