Born on 15 January 2016

At A Glance

15 January 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

15 January 2016 was a Friday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 15 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 15 January 2016 fell in the Year of the Goat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 15 January 2016 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 15 January

• 2015 The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
• 2018 British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion goes into liquidation – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK".
• 2019 Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
• 2020 The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
• 2022 The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.

Famous people born on 15 January

• Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer (born 1968)
• Dove Cameron, American actress and singer (born 1996)
• Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (1929–1968)
• Pitbull, American rapper and producer (born 1981)

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