THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009

Today is Thursday, January 15, the 15th day of 2009. There are 350 days left in the year.

1535 _ Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church

1562 _ Third sitting of Council of Trente opens

1895 _ Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Swan Lake" premieres in St. Petersburg

1915 _ Japan claims economic control of China

1934 _ 8.4 earthquake in India and Nepal, 10,700 die

1942 _ FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII

1949 _ Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin

1955 _ USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic

1971 _ Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt

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