January 15, 2012 – Smriti "Simmi" D. Isaac

Updated January 14, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 15, 1967, the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10.

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On Jan. 15, 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the black Baptist minister who led the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s and ’60’s with his doctrine of nonviolent resistance, was born. Following his death on April 4, 1968, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1559 England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

1844 The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.

1947 The 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.

1967 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.

1973 President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.

1978 Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

1992 The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.

2001 Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.

2004 The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.

2005 A military court sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.

2009 US 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.

Current Birthdays

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St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday turns 32 years old today.

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Actress Andrea Martin turns 65 years old today.

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1957 Mario Van Peebles, Actor, director, turns 55

1967 Lisa Lisa, Singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam), turns 45

1968 Chad Lowe, Actor, turns 44

1971 Regina King, Actress, turns 41

1975 Mary Pierce, Tennis player, turns 37

1981 Pitbull, Rapper, reggaeton artist, turns 31

Historic Birthdays

Martin Luther King 1/15/1929 – 4/4/1968 American minister and civil rights leader.Go to obituary »

51 (Jean B. Poquelin) Moliere 1/15/1622 – 2/17/1673
French playwright

75 Jean Coralli 1/15/1779 – 5/1/1854
French dancer/choreographer

76 Abigail Kelley Foster 1/15/1810 – 1/14/1887
American feminist/abolitionist

83 Josef Breuer 1/15/1842 – 6/20/1925
Austrian physician/physiologist

84 Pierre Samuel du Pont 1/15/1870 – 4/5/1954
American businessman

78 Arturi Virtanen 1/15/1895 – 11/11/1973
Finnish biochemist

83 Goodman Ace 1/15/1899 – 3/25/1982
American writer/producer

64 Gene Krupa 1/15/1909 – 10/16/1973
American jazz drummer

52 Gamal Nasser 1/15/1918 – 9/28/1970
Egyptian Prime Minister

1559	England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1844	The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1947	The 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.
1967	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.
1973	President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1978	Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1992	The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.
2001	Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.
2004	The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.
2005	A military court sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
2009	US 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.

1957	Mario Van Peebles, Actor, director, turns 55
1967	Lisa Lisa, Singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam), turns 45
1968	Chad Lowe, Actor, turns 44
1971	Regina King, Actress, turns 41
1975	Mary Pierce, Tennis player, turns 37
1981	Pitbull, Rapper, reggaeton artist, turns 31

51	(Jean B. Poquelin) Moliere 1/15/1622 – 2/17/1673 French playwright
75	Jean Coralli 1/15/1779 – 5/1/1854 French dancer/choreographer
76	Abigail Kelley Foster 1/15/1810 – 1/14/1887 American feminist/abolitionist
83	Josef Breuer 1/15/1842 – 6/20/1925 Austrian physician/physiologist
84	Pierre Samuel du Pont 1/15/1870 – 4/5/1954 American businessman
78	Arturi Virtanen 1/15/1895 – 11/11/1973 Finnish biochemist
83	Goodman Ace 1/15/1899 – 3/25/1982 American writer/producer
64	Gene Krupa 1/15/1909 – 10/16/1973 American jazz drummer
52	Gamal Nasser 1/15/1918 – 9/28/1970 Egyptian Prime Minister