{"id":24823,"date":"2016-01-15T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=24823"},"modified":"2016-01-15T09:49:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T15:49:52","slug":"today-in-history-138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=24823","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"idpage\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" height=\"12\"><b>Today in History: Friday, January\u00a0 15, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"230\">\n<div class=\"body\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"historyhead\">AP Highlight in History:<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"body\">On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"230\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/files\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/15\/0115mlk.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hosted.ap.org\/static\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/15\/0115mlk.jpg?w=790\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"captionlight\" align=\"right\">AP Photo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" height=\"12\">On this date in:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1559<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">England&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1844<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1947<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">The mutilated remains of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, who came to be known as the &#8220;Black Dahlia,&#8221; were found in a vacant Los Angeles lot; her slaying remains unsolved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1965<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">The Who&#8217;s first single, &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Explain,&#8221; was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1967<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the first Super Bowl.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/files\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/15\/0115superbowl.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hosted.ap.org\/static\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/15\/0115superbowl.jpg?w=790\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"captionlight\" align=\"right\">AP Photo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1973<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1978<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">1992<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">2001<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">2004<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">2005<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">A military court sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"30\">2009<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"171\">US Airways Capt Chelsey Sullenberger guided a jetliner disabled by a bird strike just after takeoff from New York&#8217;s LaGuardia Airport to a safe landing in the Hudson River. All 155 people aboard survived.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/files\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/15\/0115hudson.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hosted.ap.org\/static\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/15\/0115hudson.jpg?w=790\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"captionlight\" align=\"right\">AP Photo\/Bebeto Matthews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" height=\"12\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bodybold\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" height=\"12\">Today&#8217;s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"body\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\">\n<table width=\"230\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"body\" colspan=\"2\" height=\"24\">Rapper Pitbull turns 35 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hosted.ap.org\/static\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/photos\/0115pitbull13.jpg?w=790\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"captionlight\" align=\"right\">AP Photo\/Alan Diaz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">\n<td class=\"bodybold\">Name<\/td>\n<td class=\"bodybold\">Profession<\/td>\n<td class=\"bodybold\">Age<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#E4E4E4\">\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Margaret O&#8217;Brien<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Actress<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Andrea Martin<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Actress<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#E4E4E4\">\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Mario Van Peebles<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Actor, director<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Lisa Lisa<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#E4E4E4\">\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Chad Lowe<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Actor<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Regina King<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Actress<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#E4E4E4\">\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"90\">Mary Pierce<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"116\">Tennis player<\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" width=\"20\">41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td class=\"body\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\">\n<table width=\"230\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"body\" colspan=\"2\" height=\"24\">St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hosted.ap.org\/static\/specials\/today-in-history\/01\/photos\/0115mattholliday13.jpg?w=790\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<td class=\"captionlight\" align=\"right\">AP Photo\/Tom Gannam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associated Press Today in History: Friday, January\u00a0 15, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was&hellip; 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