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January 15: 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 M_w 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)

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Put your text for the new page here. Joan of Arc was born on January 15th

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]