Egyptian workers remove the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Jan 15
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1919 - German Communist leader Rosa Luxemburg and her colleague Karl Liebknecht were arrested and shot by soldiers after the failure of a left-wing uprising in Berlin.
1969 - Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 5 launch, together with Soyuz 4 achieving first docking of two unmanned spacecraft in Earth orbit.
1991 - Musician Johnny Cash inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1997 - International goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar in court for match-fixing charges.
1997 - Diana visits mine field in Angola.
2001 - Free content encyclopaedia website Wikipedia launches online.
2004 - Bank notes printed with the face of Saddam Hussein ceased to be legal tender in Iraq.
2005 - A U.S. military jury sentenced soldier Charles Graner to 10 years in prison for his role in the abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
2006 - The ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who rebuilt his Gulf Arab state after U.S.-led forces ended Iraq's occupation in 1991, died aged 78.
2009 - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese and officials said everyone was rescued.
2013 - Military train crash in Giza, Egypt.
