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January 15, 2016

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 2016, covering January 15, 2016.

  1. 1
    Album cover for 25 by Adele

    25

    Adele

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Purpose by Justin Bieber

    Purpose

    Justin Bieber

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Blurryface by Twenty One Pilots

    Blurryface

    Twenty One Pilots

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    33
  4. 4
    Album cover for Made In The A.M. by One Direction

    Made In The A.M.

    One Direction

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Fetty Wap by Fetty Wap

    Fetty Wap

    Fetty Wap

    Last week
    21
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14

Notable Deaths

Francisco X. AlarcĂłn

2016Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (born 1954)[†]

Francisco Xavier AlarcĂłn was a Chicano poet and educator. He was one of the few Chicano poets to have "gained recognition while writing mostly in Spanish" within the United States. His poems have been also translated into Irish and Swedish. He made many guest appearances at public schools so that he could help inspire and influence young people to write their own poetry especially because he felt that children are "natural poets."

2016Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (born 1958)[†]

Ken Judge was an Australian rules footballer and coach.

Manuel VelĂĄzquez

2016Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (born 1943)[†]

Manuel VelĂĄzquez Villaverde was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Historical Events

Kenya Defence Forces

2016The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.[†]

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are the armed forces of the Republic of Kenya. They are made up of the Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, and Kenya Air Force. The current KDF was established, and its composition stipulated, in Article 241 of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya; it is governed by the KDF Act of 2012. Its main mission is the defence and protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kenya, recruitment to the KDF is done on yearly basis. The President of Kenya is the commander-in-chief of the KDF, and the Chief of Defence Forces is the highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military adviser to the President of Kenya.

Historical Context for January 15, 2016

In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]