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31 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Jean-François Champollion

  • 00:00, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

One of the arches of Chester Burn viaduct

30 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Dog Island Lighthouse

  • 00:00, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Christopher Hogwood

29 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Mary Brodrick

  • 00:00, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

A Gulfstream III on which the ACTE was tested

28 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:06, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Symbol of Hinduism

  • 00:16, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

The RIMS Warren Hastings was later wrecked on 14 January 1897.

27 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

The Gesta Hungarorum

  • 00:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Vidya Balan at a promotional event for No One Killed Jessica (2011)

26 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:43, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Illustration of a giant mouse lemur from 1868

  • 00:58, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Julia Roberts attending the premiere of Jesus Henry Christ in 2011

25 January 2015[edit]

  • 13:13, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Fru Alstad Church

  • 01:28, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Coronal mass ejection on 23 July 2012, as photographed by NASA/STEREO

24 January 2015[edit]

  • 13:43, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Self-portrait of Jeon Seon

  • ... that Jeong Seon (likely self-portrait pictured), one of the most famous Korean painters, introduced the "true-view" style of landscape painting?
  • ... that the prominent medieval Armenian monastery of Narekavank was demolished and replaced with a mosque?
  • ... that The Undertaker was undefeated at WrestleMania from 1991 to 2013?
  • ... that the song "Kanne Kalaimane" from the 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai was the last song Kannadasan wrote before his death?
  • ... that praise can promote positive behavior in adjacent, non-praised individuals?
  • ... that one of John Cunningham's buildings was featured in the BBC television series Restoration?
  • ... that after The American Review's owner expressed admiration for Hitler and Mussolini, a former contributor said he wouldn't write for it again "if it were the last publication left in America"?
  • 01:58, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Elk Run in the village of Elk Grove

23 January 2015[edit]

  • 14:13, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Chat flycatcher

  • 02:28, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Garegin Srvandztiants

22 January 2015[edit]

  • 14:43, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Facade and bell tower of Guiuan Church

  • 02:58, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Je suis Charlie image

21 January 2015[edit]

  • 15:13, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Jesper Fast

  • 03:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Yellow-browed sparrow

20 January 2015[edit]

  • 15:33, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Monotropa uniflora

  • 03:48, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Dinner plate - Parliament Buildings and Ottawa River - Martha Logan 1897

19 January 2015[edit]

  • 16:03, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Northwestern Wildcats in 2011

  • 04:18, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

East Street façade of the former Hanningtons Department Store, Brighton

18 January 2015[edit]

  • 16:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Marilyn Monroe and the Radioplane OQ-3

  • 04:48, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Lobophyllia hemprichii

17 January 2015[edit]

  • 09:12, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

Crickhowell Bridge, Wales

16 January 2015[edit]

  • 20:57, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
  • 08:42, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Don Terry, 1928

15 January 2015[edit]

  • 20:27, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Front of house in 2013

  • 00:47, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Enamelled case for a locket

14 January 2015[edit]

  • 13:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Telopea aspera in flower

13 January 2015[edit]

  • 16:26, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

St Paul's Church, Seacombe, during reconstruction of the spire

  • 04:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

William Handcock's portrait of Tom Wills, 1870, held by the Melbourne Cricket Club

12 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

GL Mk. II transmitter

  • 00:00, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Sala House

11 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Sunset cup coral

  • 00:00, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Georges Weill in 1933

10 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

McDonald Ranch House

  • 00:00, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Hartog Jacob Hamburger, 1908

9 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

An empty shell of Halystina umberlee

  • 00:00, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Bruce (left) and Finch in 1922

8 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

North and west sides of building in 2013

  • 00:00, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Linus Bylund

  • ... that Swedish Democrat politician Linus Bylund (pictured) made an election campaign song for the party as part of the duo Korpöga?
  • ... that four scientists who were part of the British contribution to the Manhattan Project became group leaders at the Los Alamos Laboratory?
  • ... that African bishops were more prominent in the 2014 Synod on the Family than in previous Vatican synods?
  • ... that the ending of Keisuke Kinoshita's film Army was controversial because it depicted a mother's anxiety at her son going off to war?
  • ... that the moth lacewing Elektrithone is the first member of its family found in Baltic amber?
  • ... that Leslie Harpold was an early influential blogger whose unexpected death raised the issue of digital estate planning for online creators?
  • ... that the 1877 Boat Race, in which both teams tied, was later described as "the great gooseberry"?

7 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Sunset in Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen

  • 00:00, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

6 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Gallienne at the 39th César Awards

  • 00:00, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

National Champion MLF Unforgettable 911W

5 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Front view of the Teli Ka Mandir, Gwalior Fort

  • 00:10, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Paramuricea clavata

4 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:25, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Wilhering Abbey interior

  • 00:40, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

J. G. Parry-Thomas racing Babs at Pendine in 1926

3 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Madame Clementine Valensi Stora (L'Algerienne), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1870

  • 00:00, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Kevon Looney dunking basketball in 2014

2 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Fork-marked lemur

  • 00:00, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Hawaiian ruling chief's feathered 'ahu 'ula and mahiole in the Bishop Museum Oahu, Hawaii

1 January 2015[edit]

  • 12:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Sisters High School built in 1939

  • 00:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

The Eruption of Mount Pelee