Sunday, January 15, 2012

TODAY IN HISTORY

Sunday, January  15, 2012
AP Highlight in History: 
On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
 
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On this date in:
1559England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1844The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1947The mutilated remains of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, who came to be known as the "Black Dahlia," were found in a vacant Los Angeles lot; her slaying remains unsolved.
1967The 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.
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1973President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1978Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1992The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.
2001Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.
2004The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.
2005A military court sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
2009US Airways Capt Chelsey Sullenberger guided a jetliner disabled by a bird strike just after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport to a safe landing in the Hudson River. All 155 people aboard survived.
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Highlights of This Day in History
Today's Birthdays:
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday turns 32 years old today.
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
NameProfessionAge
Mario Van PeeblesActor, director55
Lisa LisaSinger (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)45
Chad LoweActor44
Regina KingActress41
Mary PierceTennis player37
PitbullRapper, reggaeton artist31
Actress Andrea Martin turns 65 years old today.
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