January 15<\/p>\n
1559
\nQueen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n
1759
\nThe British Museum opened.<\/p>\n
1777
\nThe Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence. Six months later it was renamed Vermont.<\/p>\n
1870
\nThe donkey was first used as a symbol of the Democratic Party in Harper’s Weekly.<\/p>\n
1943
\nThe world’s largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.<\/p>\n
1967
\nThe first Super Bowl was played: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10.<\/p>\n
1973
\nPresident Nixon orders halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.<\/p>\n
1992
\nThe European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918.<\/p>\n
2009
\nAfter allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from La Guardia Airport, New York City, to Charlotte, N.C., is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived. The pilot, Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III, was hailed as the “Hero of the Hudson” for his quick thinking and deft landing of the plane.<\/p>\n
Martin Luther King, Jr.
\n1929\u20131968, American Civil Rights Leader.<\/p>\n
Moliere
\nplaywright (1622)<\/p>\n
Abigail Kelley Foster
\nabolitionist (1810)<\/p>\n
Edward Teller
\natomic physicist (1908)<\/p>\n
Lloyd Bridges
\nactor (1913)<\/p>\n
Robert Byrd
\npolitical leader (1917)<\/p>\n
Gamal Nasser
\npolitical leader (1918)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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