Historical Events on January 15 (Part 2)

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• 1999 The Racak incident: 45 Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak are killed by Yugoslav security forces

• 2001 Wikipedia a free Wiki or content encyclopedia is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
• 2005 An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system
• 2005 ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
• 2007 Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.

• 2008 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority members celebrate 100th anniversary by donating $1 million to scholarship funds at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

• 2011 Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia turns 10 years old
• 2013 19 Egyptian Army recruits are killed and 120 are injured in a train accident in Giza
• 2013 83 people are killed and 150 are injured in a rocket attack on Aleppo University, Syria
• 2014 LA Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, a 7-year, $215 million package averaging $30.7 million per season
• 2016 American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils newest exhibit replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur (found 2010 Argentina), largest known dinosaur at 70 tons, 37m
• 2016 Islamist militants attack a hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso killing 28, injuring 56
• 2018 Fashion photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber are suspended from magazines including Vogue, after allegations of sexual harassment in "The New York Times"
• 2018 Operation in El Junquito, Venezuela, to capture terrorist group including Oscar Pérez, accused of mounting a coup, ends in 4 deaths

• 2018 Protests against the current government turn violent in Tunis, Tunisia marking the seventh anniversary of the revolution
• 2018 Romanian Social Democrat (PSD) Prime Minister Mihai Tudose resigns after 7 months in office

• 2019 Beginning of humanity's largest gathering, the Kumbh Mela Hindu festival with 15 million people bathing at the joining of Ganges and Yamuna rivers, India. 120 million expected over next 49 days.
• 2019 Bomb blast and gunfight at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, leaves at least 21 dead with militants group claiming responsibility al-Shabab
• 2019 Chinese scientists confirm they have germinated a cotton seed on the moon on board the Chang’e 4 lander
• 2019 LGBTQ activists accuse the Russian republic of Chechnya of a new gay purge with 40 detained and two killed
• 2019 Plastic will outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2050 according to report by the World Economic Forum

• 2021 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's island of Sulawesi kills at least 42 with hundreds injured

• 2022 Oil spill at La Pampilla refinery off Peruvian coast after waves from the Tongan eruption cause almost 12,000 barrels to leak into the sea [1]
• 2022 Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai violently erupts with 20km ash plume, sending tsunami over nearby Tonga, with shock waves heard in New Zealand [1]
• 2023 At least 68 people killed in a plane crash by Yeti Airlines in Pokhara, Nepal, the countries worst crash for three decades [1]

• 2023 Mexico brings into force world's strictest anti-smoking laws, banning smoking in public places such as beaches and parks [1]
• 2024 75th Emmy Awards: "Succession" Best Drama, "The Bear" Best Comedy, "Beef" Best Limited Series

• 2024 Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant wins the TS Eliot prize for his collection "Self-Portrait As Othello" [1]
• 2024 Joel Embiid ties Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record with his 16th straight game with 30 or more points and 10-plus rebounds in a win over the Houston Rockets

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