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| January 15th |
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| About January 15th is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (351 in leap years). January 15th is the day of Martin Luther King, Jr birth, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed on the 3rd Monday of January. Births 1811 - Abby Kelley, abolitionist, social reformer 1889 - Goodman Ace, humorist, comedian 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, actor (Sea Hunt) 1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., political and human rights activist 1945 - Vince Foster, former counsel to the White House 1947 - Andrea Martin, actress, comedian 1953 - Randy White, Hall of Fame defensive tackle 1971 - Regina King, actress (227) 1975 - Mary Pierce, professional tennis player 1980 - Matt Holliday, professional baseball player 1981 - Pitbull, rapper, singer, writer, producer Deaths 1876 - Eliza Johnson, First Lady, wife of Andrew Johnson 1994 - Harry Nilsson, singer, songwriter 1998 - Junior Wells, blues vocalist, harmonica player 2005 - Ruth Warrick, actress (All My Children) 2008 - Brad Renfro, actor (Tom and Huck) 2009 - Lillian Willoughby, activist (founded Take Back the Night) Events 1844 - The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the Indiana legislature. 1870 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the U.S. Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly). 1892 - The rules of basketball are first published by James Naismith in Springfield, MA. 1919 - The Boston Molasses Disaster occurs as 21 are killed and 150 injured when a wave of molasses rushes through the streets. 1943 - Covering 34 acres with 17 miles of corridors, the Pentagon building is dedicated. 1967 - The first Super Bowl is held. At the site of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. 1974 - Happy Days premieres on ABC television. 1978 - The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos by a score of 27-10 in Super Bowl XII. 2006 - NASA's Stardust spacecraft becomes the first to return to Earth with a sample of cosmic dust. 2009 - US Airways Flight 1549, flown by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger successfully makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York. All 155 occupants survive. |
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