15th January: Today In History

Today is January,  the 15th day of 2016. There are 342 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight In History;


Birthdays:

1906	Aristotle Onassis, Wealthy greek shipowner
1908	Edward Teller, American nuclear physicist
1913	Lloyd Bridges, US veteran actor of television and film
1918	Gamal Nasser, Former President of Egypt
1926	Chuck Berry, American rock 'n' roll star
1929	Martin Luther King, US black civil rights campaigner
1933	Frank Bough, Television presenter

Events:

1559	The coronation of Queen Elizabeth I took place
1759	The British Museum in London was opened to the public
1880	The first ever telephone directory in Britain was published
1913	Sickness, unemployment & maternity benefits were introduced
1927	The first ever live rugby match was broadcast over the radio
1966	Junior officers of the Nigerian army, mostly majors overthrew the government in a coup d’etat. The officers, most of whom were Igbo, assassinated Balewa in Lagos, Akintola in Ibadan, and Bello in Kadu
1966	Some Army Officers, mostly Majors, stage a coup and overthrow Tafawa Balewa's government.
1968	The Soviet Union launched the manned Soyuz 5 spacecraft
1970	The civil war ended and reconstruction and rehabilitation begin.
1970	Biafran General Phillip Effiong, Ojukwu's deputy, surrenders to the Nigerian Government.
1971	The Aswan High Dam, on the Nile in Egypt, was offically opened
1996	Police disrupt NADECO/CD rally at the Shitta Playing Grounds, Lagos. The rally was for remembrance of fallen politicians.
1996	Alhaji lbrahim Abacha (son of the Head of State) and 13 others die in plane crash.The Presidential HS125 jet numbered 5N FGN crashed in Duseiyi village, Dala Council area, Kano.