January 15th in history

This day, January 15th, in history

EAD STORY

Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl, 1967

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

New Connecticut (Vermont) declares independence, 1777

AUTOMOTIVE

Ford Foundation is born,1936

CIVIL WAR

Fort Fisher falls to Union forces, 1865

COLD WAR

Dulles calls for "liberation of captive peoples", 1953

CRIME

Hill Street Blues begins run, 1981

DISASTER

Molasses floods Boston streets, 1919

GENERAL INTEREST

Elizabeth crowned queen of England, 1559

First appearance of the Democratic donkey, 1870

Martin Luther King Jr. born, 1929

Biafra surrenders to Nigeria, 1970

Qaddafi becomes premier of Libya, 1970

Sully Sullenberger performs Miracle on the Hudson, 2009

HOLLYWOOD

Last episode of soap opera Santa Barbara airs,1993

LITERARY

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is finished, 1831

MUSIC

"American Pie" hits #1 on the pop charts, 1972

OLD WEST

The utopian Amana colony embraces capitalism, 1933

PRESIDENTIAL

Nixon suspends military action in North Vietnam,1973

SPORTS

Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl, 1967

VIETNAM WAR

Kennedy says U.S. troops are not fighting, 1962

Nixon halts military action against North Vietnam,1973

WORLD WAR I

Rebel leaders are murdered in failed coup in Berlin, 1919

WORLD WAR II

The "Witch of Buchenwald" is sentenced to prison,1951