^B{^#!16!15 January^N! Feast day of St Macarius the Elder, St Isidore of Alexandria, St Bonitus or Bonet, St Ita, and St John Calybites.
^B{1559^B} The coronation of Queen Elizabeth I took place. ^B{1759^B} The British Museum opened, at Montague House, Bloomsbury, London. ^B{1797^B} London haberdasher James Hetherington was fined ú50 for wearing his new creation, the top hat. ^B{1880^B} The London Telephone Company published Britain's first telephone directory, listing 255 names. ^B{1927^B} Captain Teddy Wakelam gave the first live rugby commentary on BBC radio of the match between Wales and England at Twickenham. ^B{1971^B} The Aswan High Dam, on the Nile, financed by the USSR, was opened. ^B{1973^B} President Nixon called a halt to the US's Vietnam offensive. ^B{1992^B} The EC granted diplomatic recognition to Slovenia and Croatia, essentially recognizing the dismemberment of Yugoslavia.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}MoliΦre, French dramatist, ^B{1622^B}; Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipowner, ^B{1906^B}; Lloyd Bridges, US film actor, ^B{1913^B}; Gamal Nasser, Egyptian leader, ^B{1918^B}; Martin Luther King, US civil-rights campaigner, ^B{1929^B}; Margaret O'Brien, US film actress, ^B{1937^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Emma Hamilton, English courtesan, mistress to Lord Nelson, ^B{1815^B}; Matthew B Brady, US Civil War photographer, ^B{1896^B}; Rosa Luxemburg, German socialist, ^B{1919^B}; Jack Teagarden, US jazz musician, ^B{1964^B}; Sean MacBride, Irish politician, ^B{1988^B}; Sammy Cahn, US lyricist, ^B{1993^B}.
