January 15
1559 - Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1759 - The British Museum opened.
1777 - The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence; six moths later it was renamed Vermont.
1844 - The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1862 - The U.S. Senate confirmed President Abraham Lincoln's choice of Edwin M. Stanton to be the new Secretary of War, replacing Simon Cameron.
1870 - The donkey was first used as a symbol of the Democratic Party in Harper's Weekly.
1929 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
1943 - The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.
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.
1973 - President Richard Nixon orders a halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
1976 - Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford in San Francisco. (Moore was released on the last day of 2007.)
1978 - Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1992 - The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effective ending the Yugoslav federation, which was founded in 1918.
1993 - A historic disarmament ceremony ended in Paris with the last of 125 countries signing a treaty banning chemical weapons.
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 - After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from La Guardia Airport in New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, 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.
2014 - A highly critical and bipartisan Senate report declared that the deadly September 2012 assault on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, could have been prevented; the report spread blame among the State Department, the military and U.S. intelligence.
2017 - In his final interview as president, Barack Obama told CBS' “60 Minutes” that the increase of Israeli settlements had “gotten so substantial” that it was inhibiting the possibility of an “effective, contiguous Palestinian state.”
2020 - Chinese officials said they couldn’t rule out the possibility that a new coronavirus in central China could spread between humans, though they said the risk of transmission appeared to be low.
2020 - House Democratic leaders carried articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump across the U.S. Capitol in a formal procession to the Senate.
Birthdays
25 - Valentina Zenere (actress)
26 - Dove Cameron (actress/singer)
31 - Caroline Arapoglou (actress)
32 - Billie Faiers (reality star)
35 - Kelly Kelly (professional wrestler/reality TV personality)
36 - Jessy Schram (actress)
37 - Victor Rasuk (actor)
41 - Pitbull (rapper)
43 - Drew Brees (football player)
44 - Eddie Cahill (actor)
46 - Dorian Missick (actor)
50 - Claudia Winkelman (TV host)
51 - Regina King (actress)
52 - Shane McMahon (professional wrestling personality)
54 - Chad Lowe (actor)
57 - James Nesbitt (actor)
65 - Mario Van Peebles (actor)
69 - Randy White (football player)
71 - Charo (singer)
75 - Andrea Martin (actress)
84 - Margaret O'Brien (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 15
1892 - In Springfield, Massachusetts, the rules of "basketball" by James Naismith were printed in the "Triangle" newspaper.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave major league baseball the approval to play despite World War II. He encouraged night games so that war workers could attend.
1964 - The San Francisco Giants make Willie Mays the highest paid player in MLB history, signing the outfielder to a contract that paid $105,000 per year.
1965 - In one of the biggest trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors deal Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and cash.
1967 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in Los Angeles to win the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now referred to as Super Bowl I.
1968 - Bill Masterson (Minnesota North Stars) died of a brain injury that he had suffered two days earlier in a game against the Oakland Seals. He was the first casualty in the NHL.
1978 - The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Denver Broncos 27-10 in New Orleans to win Super Bowl XII. It was the first Super Bowl ever played indoors (Superdome).
1981 - Bob Gibson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1984 - Hana Mandlikova snaps Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak; Navratilova would go on to win the next 74 matches in a row for a new record.
1990 - Don Nelson became the second man in NBA history to appear in 1,000 games as a head coach and as a player. Lenny Wilkins was the first to achieve the record.
1994 - Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from football.
1994 - The Dallas Mavericks lose a record 17th consecutive home game, breaking the old record of 16 set by the Orlando Magic in 1990.
1997 - The Seattle Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals in a game against the Toronto Raptors; Seattle's Sam Perkins ties Jeff Hornacek's NBA single-game record by connecting on 8-straight 3-pointers.
1997 - Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls kicks cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin during a game against Minnesota Timberwolves; ultimately pays Amos $200,000 settlement, and is suspended for 11 games without pay.
1997 - San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert announces his resignation after eight highly-successful seasons with a 108-35 record and two Super Bowl championships.
2000 - Utah's Jerry Sloan becomes 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 700-victory plateau.
2014 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, a 7-year, $215 million package averaging $30.7 million per season.
2018 - Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar.
1559 - Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1759 - The British Museum opened.
1777 - The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence; six moths later it was renamed Vermont.
1844 - The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1862 - The U.S. Senate confirmed President Abraham Lincoln's choice of Edwin M. Stanton to be the new Secretary of War, replacing Simon Cameron.
1870 - The donkey was first used as a symbol of the Democratic Party in Harper's Weekly.
1929 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
1943 - The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.
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.
1973 - President Richard Nixon orders a halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
1976 - Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford in San Francisco. (Moore was released on the last day of 2007.)
1978 - Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1992 - The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effective ending the Yugoslav federation, which was founded in 1918.
1993 - A historic disarmament ceremony ended in Paris with the last of 125 countries signing a treaty banning chemical weapons.
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 - After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from La Guardia Airport in New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, 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.
2014 - A highly critical and bipartisan Senate report declared that the deadly September 2012 assault on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, could have been prevented; the report spread blame among the State Department, the military and U.S. intelligence.
2017 - In his final interview as president, Barack Obama told CBS' “60 Minutes” that the increase of Israeli settlements had “gotten so substantial” that it was inhibiting the possibility of an “effective, contiguous Palestinian state.”
2020 - Chinese officials said they couldn’t rule out the possibility that a new coronavirus in central China could spread between humans, though they said the risk of transmission appeared to be low.
2020 - House Democratic leaders carried articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump across the U.S. Capitol in a formal procession to the Senate.
Birthdays
25 - Valentina Zenere (actress)
26 - Dove Cameron (actress/singer)
31 - Caroline Arapoglou (actress)
32 - Billie Faiers (reality star)
35 - Kelly Kelly (professional wrestler/reality TV personality)
36 - Jessy Schram (actress)
37 - Victor Rasuk (actor)
41 - Pitbull (rapper)
43 - Drew Brees (football player)
44 - Eddie Cahill (actor)
46 - Dorian Missick (actor)
50 - Claudia Winkelman (TV host)
51 - Regina King (actress)
52 - Shane McMahon (professional wrestling personality)
54 - Chad Lowe (actor)
57 - James Nesbitt (actor)
65 - Mario Van Peebles (actor)
69 - Randy White (football player)
71 - Charo (singer)
75 - Andrea Martin (actress)
84 - Margaret O'Brien (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 15
1892 - In Springfield, Massachusetts, the rules of "basketball" by James Naismith were printed in the "Triangle" newspaper.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave major league baseball the approval to play despite World War II. He encouraged night games so that war workers could attend.
1964 - The San Francisco Giants make Willie Mays the highest paid player in MLB history, signing the outfielder to a contract that paid $105,000 per year.
1965 - In one of the biggest trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors deal Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and cash.
1967 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in Los Angeles to win the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, now referred to as Super Bowl I.
1968 - Bill Masterson (Minnesota North Stars) died of a brain injury that he had suffered two days earlier in a game against the Oakland Seals. He was the first casualty in the NHL.
1978 - The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Denver Broncos 27-10 in New Orleans to win Super Bowl XII. It was the first Super Bowl ever played indoors (Superdome).
1981 - Bob Gibson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1984 - Hana Mandlikova snaps Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak; Navratilova would go on to win the next 74 matches in a row for a new record.
1990 - Don Nelson became the second man in NBA history to appear in 1,000 games as a head coach and as a player. Lenny Wilkins was the first to achieve the record.
1994 - Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from football.
1994 - The Dallas Mavericks lose a record 17th consecutive home game, breaking the old record of 16 set by the Orlando Magic in 1990.
1997 - The Seattle Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals in a game against the Toronto Raptors; Seattle's Sam Perkins ties Jeff Hornacek's NBA single-game record by connecting on 8-straight 3-pointers.
1997 - Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls kicks cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin during a game against Minnesota Timberwolves; ultimately pays Amos $200,000 settlement, and is suspended for 11 games without pay.
1997 - San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert announces his resignation after eight highly-successful seasons with a 108-35 record and two Super Bowl championships.
2000 - Utah's Jerry Sloan becomes 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 700-victory plateau.
2014 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, a 7-year, $215 million package averaging $30.7 million per season.
2018 - Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar.
