15th January anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1809
  • France
  • "Birth of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher, the first anarchist"
  • 1908
  • Hungary
  • "Birth of Edward Teller, Hungarian-born American physicist ‘Father of the Hydrogen Bomb’."
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "Birth of Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer"
• event
  • 1559
  • Great Britain
  • Elizabeth I crowned
  • 1759
  • Great Britain
  • "The British Museum opened at Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London.(Demolished in 1842, but the present museum stands on the same site)"
• Death
  • 1983
  • United States
  • "Death of Meyer Lansky, Russian-born American gangster ."
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Junior Wells, American musician ."