Notable Birthdays for January 15
Philip Livingston (1716-1778) - Signed the Declaration of Independence.
James Marion Sims (1813-1883) - Surgical physician who performed the first vesicovaginal operation.
Henry Morris Naglee (1815-1886) - Brigadier General for the Union Army.
Ella Flagg Young (1845-1918) - First woman President of the National Educational Association.
Lewis Terman (1877-1959) - Psychologist who developed the Stanford-Binet IQ test.
Gene Krupa (1909-1973) - Considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) - Actor and father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) - Minister, activist, and Nobel Prize laureate.
Phyllis Coates (1927-2023) - Actress who played Lois Lane in Superman (1951).
Lee Bontecou (1931-2022) - Artist who was considered one of the most influential artists in building the NY art scene.
Ted Tryba (1967-Still Living) - Professional golfer.
Memorable Events for January 15
1762 - Fraunces Tavern opens in NY City.
1777 - New Connecticut (Vermont) declares its independence.
1780 - The Continental Congress establishes the Court of Appeals.
1782 - Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance, recommends the establishment of a national mint.
1831 - The first honeymoon trip is taken on a train.
1831 - The first locomotive to pull a passenger train runs for the first time.
1844 - The University of Notre Dame opens.
1863 - The first newspaper is printed on wood-pulp paper.
1870 - The first political cartoon symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey.
1907 - Inventor Lee De Forest receives a three element vacuum tube patent.
1910 - Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming.
1919 - Molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, MA streets.
1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, OH.
1943 - The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, VA.
1945 - The Manhattan Project takes their first betatron pictures of a nuclear implosion at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
1967 - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles.
1973 - President Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
2016 - The Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils a replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur.