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January 15

3 sourced moments from January 15 in history: Who crowned Elizabeth I? Not the Archbishop of Canterbury (1559); Wikipedia goes online (2001); and The Miracle on the Hudson river landing (2009).

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3 things happened on January 15

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2009 Technology · Transportation

The Miracle on the Hudson river landing

Three minutes after a flock of geese silenced both engines, a crippled airliner glided onto a river and everyone walked away.

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2001 Technology · The Internet

Wikipedia goes online

A side project meant to feed a slow expert encyclopedia quietly became the largest reference work ever built.

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1559 History · Empires & Civilizations

Who crowned Elizabeth I? Not the Archbishop of Canterbury

Elizabeth I was crowned on 15 January 1559 by the Bishop of Carlisle, after Canterbury's archbishop died the same day as Mary I.

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