This Day In History

This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history.

History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past.

It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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January 15th, 2069 Event Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but only rules for three months before committing suicide.

January 15th, 2069 Death Galba, Roman Emperor (born in 3 BC)

January 15th, 2008 Death Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, Game Designer (born in 1964)

January 15th, 2008 Death Brad Renfro, American actor (born in 1982)

January 15th, 2007 Event 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.

January 15th, 2007 Death Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (born in 1908)

January 15th, 2007 Death James Hillier, Canadian inventor of electron microscope (born in 1915)

January 15th, 2007 Death Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (born in 1945) (executed)

January 15th, 2007 Death Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein (born in 1951) (executed)

January 15th, 2007 Death David Vanole, American soccer player (born in 1963)