Sunday, January 15, 2023 is a Sunday. It is day 15 of 2023 (4.1% through the year), ISO week 2, in Q1.
Calendar Specifications
Sunday, January 15, 2023 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2009: US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured).. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to January 15.
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Historical Milestones
US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured).
US Airways Flight 1549 →The first edit to the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia was made.
First Wikipedia edit →The Victoria Cross for Australia was instituted, making Australia the first Commonwealth realm with a separate Victoria Cross award in its honours system.
Victoria Cross for Australia →The American serial police-procedural television show Hill Street Blues aired its pilot episode, "Hill Street Station".
Police procedural →Portugal and the nationalist factions UNITA, the MPLA and the FNLA signed the Alvor Agreement, ending the Angolan War of Independence.
UNITA →American serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as the "BTK killer", murdered his first four victims.
Dennis Rader →The Republic of Biafra surrendered following a failed attempt at secession from Nigeria, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
Biafra →The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the American football championship game now known as Super Bowl I.
Green Bay Packers →The Derveni papyrus (fragment pictured), the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, was discovered in Macedonia in northern Greece.
Derveni papyrus →Ilse Koch, wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the Nazi commander of the Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court.
Ilse Koch →The mutilated corpse of the Black Dahlia, a 22-year-old woman whose murder is one of the most famous unsolved crimes in the United States, was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.
Black Dahlia →The highest-capacity office building in the world, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense known as the Pentagon, was dedicated.
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Questions & Answers
Sunday, January 15, 2023 falls on a Sunday.
1,336 days ago (3 years, 7 months, 28 days ago). It is day 15 of 2023 with 350 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Sunday, January 15, 2023 is written as XV.I.MMXXIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Last Quarter (approx. 40% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Capricorn.