January 15th in History Part VI

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On January 15th in 1992 - The US Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum

On January 15th in 2003 - The US Supreme Court ruled that the US Congress had permission to repeatedly extend copyright protection

On January 15th in 2007 - Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq

On January 15th in 2009 - US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive

On January 15th in 2010 - President Obama appointed former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to lead the private-sector fundraising effort for earthquake-ravaged Haiti



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