Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/January 15

15 January: Major events in the arts

1622 – The great French playwright Molière was baptized; he would go on to revolutionize comedy and satire in Western literature.
1929 – Martin Luther King Jr. was born; his legacy inspired countless works of art, music, and literature dedicated to civil rights and social justice.
1947 – The infamous Black Dahlia murder occurred in Los Angeles; the event became a dark obsession in American noir literature and cinema for decades.
1967 – The first Super Bowl halftime show took place, marking the beginning of a major annual platform for global pop music performances.
2001 – Wikipedia was launched; it fundamentally changed how the world accesses and categorizes knowledge about art history and human culture.