TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008

Today is Tuesday, January 15, the 15th day of 2008. There are 351 days left in the year.

1535 _ Henry VIII declares himself head of the English Church

1915 _ Japan claims economic control of China

1936 _ Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates

1942 _ FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII

1944 _ General Eisenhower arrives in England

1949 _ Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin

1969 _ Soyuz 5 launched by the Soviet Union

1971 _ Aswan Dam officially opens in Egypt

1973 _ President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam

1991 _ U.N.'s deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes

1992 _ Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia

1997 _ Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station