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22 January 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 January 2015 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2015–16 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 January is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 January 2015 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 January 2015 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 22 January
- 1998 Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- 1999 Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
- 2006 Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
- 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp; congressional opposition will prevent it being implemented.
- 2024 Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh after 500 years of dispute.
Famous people born on January 22
- Caitlin Clark, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Diane Lane, American actress (born 1965)
- Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (1960–1997)
- Gabriel Macht, American actor (born 1972)
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Events of 2015 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 12 – A federal judge rules that South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and immediately stays the ruling.
- January 18 – K.C. Undercover and Star vs. the Forces of Evil debuts on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
- February 22 – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hold the 87th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The telecast garners nearly 37.3 million viewers.
Life in the US in 2015
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.43
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$294,000
Weekly Wage
$818
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