15 JANUARY
15 January: Google Doodle celebrates Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 97th birthday of Indian wrestler, Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (15 January 1926 – 14 August 1984). Khashaba became independent India’s first individual athlete to win an Olympic medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
15 January: Remembering Artturi Ilmari Virtanen on his Birth Anniversary
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1945. Life and Career Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born on 15 January 1985, in Helsinki, Finland. He studied at the Classical Lyceum. Then, he...
15 January: Tribute to Sean MacBride
Sean MacBride (26 January 1904 - 15 January 1988), was an Irish statesman. In 1974, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his human rights activism. Life and Career He was born on 26 January 1904, in Paris, France. He studied at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Paris....
15 January: Tribute to Isidro Baldenegro López
Isidro Baldenegro López (18 March 1966 – 15 January 2017) was a farmer and community leader of Mexico’s indigenous Tarahumara people in Sierra Madre and an environmental activist who fought against unregulated logging in his region.
15 January: Remembering Molière on Birthday
Molière (15 January 1622– 17 February 1673) was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world literature.
15 January: Remembering Gulzarilal Nanda on his Punya Tithi
Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998), an Indian politician and economist. Early Life and Career Gulzarilal Nanda was born on 4 July 1898, in Punjab, India. During his early years, he lived in Lahore, Amritsar, Agra, and Allahabad. Nanda started his career...
15 January in Indian and World History
15 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 15 January is the birth anniversary of Ashwini Kumar Dutt, Saifuddin Kitchlew, V. S. Ramadevi, and Mayawati Naina Kumari. 15 January is also observed as the death...
15 January: Tribute to Leah Goldberg
Leah Goldberg (29 May 1911 – 15 January 1970) was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. Her writings are considered classics of Israeli literature.
