January 15: on this day in history
A few events that happened on January 15. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1559Elizabeth I was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 1870Cartoonist Thomas Nast published his first drawing depicting the US Democratic Party as a donkey.
- 1889The company that would later become the Coca-Cola Company was formally established in Atlanta.
- 1892James Naismith published the rules of his newly invented game, basketball.
- 1943The huge Pentagon building, now the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, opened.
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