January 15 - January 15 January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 350 days remaining (351 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1559 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. 1582 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland. 1759 - The British Museum opens. 1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. 1782 - Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. 1844 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. 1870 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party.
June 15 - June 15 June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse 923 - Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed, King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy 1094 - Valencia falls to El Cid 1215 - King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta 1616 - Pacifique Duplessis opens first school for Indian children in Canada, at Tadoussac, Quebec 1389 - Battle of Kosovo: Turks defeat Serbs and Bosnians 1590 - Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther.
July 15 - July 15 July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take Jerusalem after a difficult siege. 1410 - Battle of Grunwald (a.k.a. Tannenberg or Zalgiris), power of the Teutonic Knights broken by a defeat from Poles and Lithuanians. 1685 - In England, the Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, after he was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemore. 1799 - In the Egyptian village of Rosette, French Captain Pierre Bouchard finds the Rosetta Stone. 1806 - Pike expedition: Near St. Louis, Missouri, United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike leads an expedition.
Irish general election, 1982 (February) - Irish general election, 1982 (February) Party Leader Seats Loss/Gain Dáil Seats (%) Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey 81 + 3 48.8 Fine Gael Garret FitzGerald 63 - 2 38.0 Labour Michael O'Leary 15 + 0 9.0 Others - 7 - 1 4.2 See also: Irish General Election, 1981 Irish General Election, 1982 (November) Government of the 23rd Dáil List of Irish general elections.
Karl August von Hardenberg - him, this coincided with the lapsing of the principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth to Prussia, owing to the resignation of the last margrave, Charles Alexander, in 1791. Hardenberg, who happened to be in Berlin at the time, was on the recommendation of Herzberg appointed administrator of the principalities (1792). The position, owing to the singular overlapping of territorial claims in the old Empire, was one of considerable delicacy, and Hardenberg filled it with great skill, doing much to reform traditional anomalies and to develop the country, and at the same time labouring to expand the influence of Prussia in South Germany. After the outbreak of the revolutionary wars his diplomatic ability led to his appointment as Prussian envoy, with a roving commission to visit the Rhenish courts and win them over.
Karl Richter - Karl Richter Karl Richter (October 15, 1926 - February 15, 1981) was a German conductor and organist. He was born in Plauen and studied first in Dresden and then Leipzig. He later moved to Munich where he taught at conducted the Munich Bach Choir and Munich Bach Orchestra. He conducted a wide range of music, but is best remembered today for his interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach music. He avoided the fluctuations in tempo which was one characteristic of the prevailing Romantic manner of conducting Bach, but otherwise made no attempt to be historically authentic in his performances, using modern instruments right to the end of his career..
Yalobusha - the Chickasaws signed the Treaty of Pontotoc ceding their lands to the United States. In 1833, the Mississippi Legislature authorized the formation of 17 counties, including Yalobusha, on what had been Indian land. Yalobusha County was officially organized and its first officials elected February 21, 1834. The first Board of Police (Supervisors) held its first meeting at Hendersonville, then the largest settlement in the county. Hendersonville was a settlement established in 1798 by John Henderson, a Presbyterian missionary who was one of the first white men to settle in the county. Other early settlements were Elliot, Chocchuma, Tuscohoma, Pittsburg, Talahoma, Plummerville, Preston, Pharsalia, Sardinia, and Washington. At its first meeting the Board of Police solicited donations of land for a county seat, and at its second meeting, the Board selected a.
Kamen - Mc Donnell, Grumman and others December 1945 : With $2,000 and his invention of the servo-flap controlled rotor , 26-year-old Charles Kaman founds the company. January 15, 1947 : K-125 : Kaman's first helicopter July, 1949 : K-225 An improved version, the U.S. Navy buys two and Coast Guard one for $25,000 each. Later, they will receive the H-22 designation. December 1951 : A modified K-225 equipped with a Boeing 502 engine becomes the world's first gas turbine powered helicopter , ushering in the turbine age for helicopters. This aircraft is now at the Smithsonian 1953 : Kaman produced the first electrically powered drone April 1953 : HOK (OH-43) 1954 : K-16 A V/STOL designed around a rotoprop March 1954 : A modified Kaman HTK-1 becomes the world's first twin-turbine powered.
Ken Livingstone - he favoured European integration and proportional representation (neither of which were particularly popular causes among the British left at that time), and when both the GLC and the Militant-controlled Merseyside council protested the government's rate-capping policy by refusing to set a property tax rate, Livingstone relented rather than face the withdrawl of government grant money. Livingstone's practicality (relative to the rest of the Labour left) may in part explain why his popularity grew at a time when other "hard left" figures like Benn and the Militants found themselves increasingly isolated from the general public. Following the Conservative sweep in the 1983 general election, the Tories forged ahead with their long-standing plan to abolish the GLC and devolve control to the individual boroughs. The GLC mounted a massive (and expensive) campaign to.
Venera - they were launched in pair with a second satellite being launched soon after (a week or two) the first of the pair. 1VA (proto-Venera) - Flyby - launched February 4, 1961 : Failed to leave earth orbit Venera 1 - Flyby - launched February 12, 1961 : Communications lost enroute to Venus Venera 2 - Flyby - launched November 12, 1965 : Communications lost just before arival Venera 3 - Atmospheric Probe - launched November 16, 1965 : Communications lost just before atmospheric entry Venera 4 - Atmospheric Probe - launched June 12, 1967 : Arrived October 18, 1967 and was the first probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and return data Venera 5 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 5, 1969 : Arrived May 16, 1969 and successfully returned atmoshperic.
Kenneth Williams - Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (February 22, 1926 - April 15, 1988) was a British actor and star of over twenty Carry On... films as well as notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne. Born in London and educated at Lylph Stanley School, Williams was then apprenticed as a draughtsman. His relationship with his parents - he hated his father and adored his mother - was key to the development of his later character. He joined the army aged 18, part of the Royal Engineers survey section in Bombay, but later he joined Combined Services Entertainment. After the war he had a number of roles in repertory theatre. He was discovered after playing the Dauphin in George Bernard Shaw's St Joan in 1954; but few serious roles lent themselves.
Kevin Smith (actor) - Tod Smith (March 16, 1963-February 15, 2002) is a New Zealand actor best known for playing the god Ares in the connected television programmes Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. He died on February 15, 2002 after an accident on set in China. See Kevin Smith for the New Jersey film director and writer..
Kevin Mitnick - crackers (black-hat hackers) to be jailed and convicted. Mitnick was arrested by the FBI on February 15, 1995 and charged with breaking into some of the United States' most "secure" computer systems. Following his arrest, Mitnick was held without bail for over two years before sentencing: he has said that he set some kind of United States record by being held for four and a half years without a bail hearing, while also held in solitary confinement for eight months "in order to prevent a possible nuclear strike being initiated by me from a prison payphone". The course of his trial and punishment became a cause celebre amongst the hacker community. This movement was spearheaded by 2600's "Free Kevin" campaign. He was released from prison in January 2002, but banned from.
Ken Buchanan - rounds on January 23, 1967. Prior to that, he had also beaten Ivan Whiter by a decision in 8 rounds. Buchanan ran his winning streak to 23 consecutive bouts before challenging Maurice Cullen on February 19,1968 for the British Lightweight title in London. He knocked Cullen out in round 11 and became a world classified Lightweight challenger. He continued his way up the world Lightweight rankings by defeating Leonard Tavarez, Angel Robinson Garcia and Whiter (in a rematch) among others, but on January 29, 1970, he found his first stone on the boxing road when he challenged future world Jr. Welterweight champion Miguel Velazquez in Madrid, for the European Lightweight title. Buchanan lost a 15 round decision to Velazquez, but nevertheless, he continued his ascent towards the number one spot in.
Keith Park - Sir Keith Rodney Park (June 15, 1892 - February 6, 1975) was born in New Zealand and served in World War I in Gallipoli and France until 1917. He then joined the Royal Flying Corps and flew on the Western Front. Between the wars he commanded RAF stations and was an instructor before becoming a staff officer to Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding in 1938. With the rank of Air Vice-Marshal Park took command of 11 Group, responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England, in April 1940. He organized fighter patrols over France during the Dunkirk evacuation and in the Battle of Britain his command took the brunt of the Luftwaffe's air attacks. He gained a reputation as a shrewd tactician and a fine leader of men..
Kevin Keegan - (Joseph Kevin Keegan), born 14 February 1951, is former English international footballerer and currently working for Premier division football club - Manchester City F.C as club manager. Born in Armthorpe, Yorkshire, Keegan joined Scunthorpe United in 1968 as apprentice. He was transferred to Liverpool F.C in 1971. Keegan obtained his first international cap in 1972, representing England playing against Wales in Cardiff. His last England game came in the World Cup 1982 as substitute against Spain in Madrid. During his international football career, he won 63 caps and scored 21 goals. Before retiring from playing, he played for several football clubs including Germany First Division football club Hamburger SV (1977 to 1980), Premier division football club Southampton F.C (1980 to 1984). In February 1992, Keegan returned to soccer field as manager.
Kepa Te Rangihiwinui - Te Rangihiwinui (early 1820s-April 15,1898) was Maori military commander and noted ally of the govenrment forces during the Maori Wars. He was also known as Te Kepa, or Major Kepa or sometimes as Major Kemp. Te Kepa was a member of the Ngati Hau tribe or iwi. His early years were spent under the threat of tribal warfare resulting from the invasion of their tribal land by the Ngati Toa lead by Te Rauparaha. Kepa's father was an early supporter of New Zealand Comapny settlement established at Wanganui and served as a constable in the Armed Police Force. During the First Taranaki War, Te Kepa made clear his continuing loyalty to the government. In 1864, the Maori tribes on the Upper Wanganui River converted to Hau Hau-ism and threated to invade.
Kim Jong-il - (born February 15, 1942) is the current leader of North Korea. Background Kim's father, the late Kim Il Sung, fled to the Soviet Union when the Japanese put a price on his head for guerrilla activities in occupied Korea. The family returned to the northern part of the peninsula after Japan's surrender during World War II, and communist Soviet leader Joseph Stalin anointed Kim Il Sung as the leader of the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to official North Korean accounts, Kim Jong was born in a log cabin at his father's guerilla base on North Korea's highest mountain, Mount Paektu, in February 1942. The peak, on the northern border with Chinese Manchuria, is the highest on the peninsula and the site where Korean legend says the nation came.
Kid Gavilan - Gavilan Gerardo Gonzalez (January 6, 1926 - February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former boxer and world welterweight champion from Cuba. He was a native of the city of Camaguey. Gavilan was managed by Yamil Chade, a half Lebanese, half Cuban manager who also directed the careers of Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez, Carlos De Leon and Felix Trinidad among others. Gavilan started as a professional boxer on the evening of June 5, 1943, when he beat Antonio Diaz by a decision in four rounds in Havana. His first ten bouts were in Havana, and then he had one in Cienfuegos, but soon he returned to Havana for three more wins. After 14 bouts, he left Cuba for his first fight abroad, and he.
Kirkuk - under the "oil for food" programme following the Gulf War. This was in accordance with a United Nations mandate that at least 50% of the oil exports pass through Turkey. There are two parallel lines built in 1977 and 1987. The Kurds have identified Kirkuk as their preferred capital in any new Kurdish state. References Kurds flee Iraqi town, March 15, 2003; named Kurds' preferred capital. Key Targets in Iraq, Anthony H. Cordesman, CSIS, February 1998; information about the oil resources and facilities..
