It happened on this day, January 15
Events:
910 – Announcement of the creation of the Fatimid state in Morocco after Abu Abdullah al-Shi'i's success in his appeal, attracting aid and supporters, and his oath of allegiance to Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi for the caliphate.
1559 – Coronation of Elizabeth I as Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in London.
1759 – Opening of the British Museum.
1854 – The Russian army suffered a severe defeat at the Battle of Gatana in Romania at the hands of the Ottoman army, and the battle led to the failure of the Russians to expel the Ottomans from Romania.
1892 – James Naismith publishes the basketball rule book.
1919 – Foundation of the Tunisian Sports Club Espérance.
1922 – The creation of the Republic of Ireland is announced.
1934 – An earthquake measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale in Bihar, India and Nepal kills 10,700 people.
1944 – The European Consultative Committee, composed of representatives of the Allied powers, decides to divide Germany.
1952 – Adib Shishakli, head of the Supreme Military Council, dissolves most political parties in Syria.
1966 – Military coup in Nigeria in which Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa is killed and General Johnson Ironsi is named president of the country.
1970 – Muammar Gaddafi becomes Prime Minister of Libya.
1971 – Celebration in Egypt on the occasion of the completion of the construction of the High Dam.
1975 – Portugal signs the Treaty of Independence of Angola.
1985 – Brazil returns to civilian rule after 21 years of military rule.
1990 – Civil war between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan begins.
2001 – Start of work on the open encyclopedia Wikipedia.
2006 – The Kuwaiti Cabinet appoints Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Emir of the State of Kuwait following the death of Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
2007 – Execution of the death sentence against Awad Al-Bandar and Barzan Al-Takriti after they were convicted of war crimes.
2009 – An Israeli plane attacked the home of Hamas leader Saeed Siam and assassinated him and everyone with him.
2011 – The Speaker of the Tunisian House of Representatives, Fouad Al-Mebazaa, is sworn in as interim President of the Republic, succeeding President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
2013 – Hundreds of people were killed and injured in a Syrian regime airstrike on the University of Aleppo, near the Faculty of Architecture, in conjunction with student protests. from the University of Aleppo to denounce the bombing of Syrian cities and demand more freedoms. . The regime has denied bombing the university and blamed the opposition.
2014 – The deportation of thousands of Salafists from Dammaj, northern Yemen, began with the start of implementation of a signed agreement to end the siege of Dammaj.
2015 – Start of the Men’s Handball World Championship, organized in Doha.
2016 – The nuclear deal signed between Tehran and major countries came into force, which then began to lift economic sanctions against Iran.
💥 At least 23 people were killed in an attack by gunmen belonging to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb against a hotel in Burkina Faso.
2018 – Two suicide bombings in Tayaran Square in Baghdad killed and injured more than 100 people.
2019 – The House of Commons votes by 432 votes against Theresa May's plan to leave the European Union, against two hundred and two of the total votes, and the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, calls for a vote of censorship. within the government.
2020 – Resignation of the Russian government led by Dmitry Medvedev in order to amend the Russian constitution.
2021 – The resignation of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his government following the childcare benefit fraud scandal.
💥 At least 80 people have been killed and more than 800 injured following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island.
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Births:
1622 – Molière, French playwright.
1791 – Franz Grillbarzer, Austrian writer.
1850 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet.
1863 – Wilhelm Marx, chancellor of Germany.
1866 – Lars Ulf Nathan Söd-Brylum, Swedish cleric who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1930
1876 - Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia.
1895 – Artturi Virtanen, Finnish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945.
1902 – Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi king.
** Nazim Hikmet, Turkish poet.
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian president.
** João Figueiredo, Brazilian politician.
1929 – Shafiq Galal, Egyptian singer.
** Alia Abdel Moneim, Egyptian actress.
**Martin Luther King, a black American civil rights activist, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
1930 – Muhammad Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala, Egyptian Minister of Defense.
1930 – Mahmoud Bakhit Al-Rubaie, Egyptian literary critic and academic.
1937 – Samir Ghanem, Egyptian actor.
1941 – Ahmed Khalil, Egyptian actor.
1943 – Bassam Chebaro, Lebanese business leader and book publisher.
1946 – Haifa Wassef, Syrian actress.
1950 – Assef Shawkat, Syrian politician.
**Marius Trésor, French footballer.
1952 – Mushira Ismail, Egyptian actress.
1955 – Fares Boyz, Lebanese politician.
1958 – Boris Tadic, President of Serbia.
** Carlos Manuel, Portuguese footballer.
** Khaled Al-Islambouli, the assassin of Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Sadat.
** Ahmed Muhammad Al-Basiouni Musa, university professor and deputy director of the Mansoura Higher Institute of Social Service.
1962 – Zahra Al-Kharji, Kuwaiti actress.
1971 – Ahmed Wafik, Egyptian actor.
1972 – Nasser Muhammad, Qatari actor.
1973 – Muhammad Al-Khojali, Saudi football goalkeeper.
**Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian football goalkeeper.
1975 – Marie Pierce, French tennis player.
1979 – Muntadhar Al-Zaidi, Iraqi journalist. ** Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer.
1980 – Ahmed El Gendy, Egyptian director.
1981 – Ahmed Shuaib, Saudi actor.
** El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer.
1982 – Nourhan, Egyptian actress.
** Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor.
1983 – Germain Pennant, English footballer.
** Hugo Viana, footballer.
1984- Tsubasa Yonaga, Japanese voice actor.
1985 – Mona Hala, Egyptian actress.
** René Adler, German footballer.
1986 – Saïd Fattah, Moroccan footballer.
1987 – Aaron Clapham, New Zealand footballer.
** David Knight, English footballer.
** Amal Mohammed, Emirati actress.
1988 – Hala Al-Sabagh, Syrian singer.
1994 – Omar Khribin, Syrian footballer.
** Eric Dier, English footballer.
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Death:
1595 – Murad III, Ottoman sultan.
1903 – Abu Khalil Al-Qabbani, Syrian playwright and pioneer of Arab theater.
1911 – Omar Pasha Al-Muhammad, member of the board of directors of the Mutasarrifate of Tripoli-Sham province.
1943 – Eric Knight, English writer of children's literature.
1946 – Abdul Hussein Houshmand Rad, Iranian essayist and biographer.
1950 – Ali Mustafa Mosharafa, Egyptian physicist and mathematician.
1954 – Abdel Salam Ayoun Al-Aswad, Syrian poet.
1957 – Ali Al-Kassar, Egyptian actor.
1969 – Muhammad Abdel Quddus, Egyptian actor.
1977 – Abdul Hadi Al-Isami, Iraqi writer, journalist and poet.
1979 – Yang Zhongjian, Chinese archaeologist.
1980 – Ali Yahya Muammar, prominent figure of the Ibadi sect in Libya.
1988 – Sean McBride, Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974
1995 – Abdullah Muhammad Al-Otaibi, Kuwaiti poet.
2004 – Marouf al-Dawalibi, Syrian Prime Minister.
2006 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, 13th Emir of the State of Kuwait.
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim Al-Takriti, director of intelligence in Iraq under Saddam Hussein and his half-brother. ** Awad Al-Bandar, head of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
2008 – Younan Labib Rizk, Egyptian historian.
2009 – Saeed Siam, leader of the Hamas movement.
2010 – Marshall Nirenberg, American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968.
2011 – Muhammad Al-Thabeti, Saudi poet.
** Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager.
2012 – Manuel Fraga, Spanish politician.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ Wikipedia Day.
⏪ Martin Luther King Day in the United States.
⏪ Korean Alphabet Day in North Korea.
