Talk:January 15

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January 15: Pongal (Tamils, 2008); John Chilembwe Day in Malawi; Korean Alphabet Day in North Korea 1759 – The British Museum (pictured) in London, today containing one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in the world, opened to the public in Montagu House, Bloomsbury. 1885 – American photographer Wilson Bentley took the first known photograph of a snowflake by attaching a bellows camera to a microscope. 1908 – Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Greek-lettered sorority established by African American women, was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. by nine students. 1919 – Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two prominent socialists in Germany, were tortured and murdered by the Freikorps. 1943 – The highest-capacity office building in the world, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense known as the Pentagon, was dedicated. 1993 – Salvatore "The Beast" Riina, one of the most powerful members of the Sicilian Mafia, was arrested after three decades as a fugitive. More events: January 14 – January 15 – January 16 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 19:31, June 9, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Put your text for the new page here. Joan of Arc was born on January 15th

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It is said in the article on Joan of Arc that her legendary birthdate is January 6, but this cannot be ascertained. On January 6 this is correctly noted. So what is her birth doing on January 15? (Which is coincidentially my birthday :P)

This is the first time I've heard January 15 listed as Joan of Arc's possible date of birth. I had heard January 6 — though I dismiss it as unlikely for reasons unrelated to the rest of the month. I wonder if whoever added it had a source (and if so, what it is).  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 16:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)