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The following are some of the major list of notable events that occurred on January 15 throughout history:

69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.

1559 – Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.

1759 – The British Museum opens to the public.

1822 – Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.

1876 – The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.

1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.

1947 – The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is found in Los Angeles.

1967 – The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.

2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched (Wikipedia Day).

2022 – The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.