January 15
1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1777 - The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence, six months later it was renamed Vermont.
1870 - The donkey was first used as a symbol of the Democratic Party in "Harper's Weekly."
1919 - In Boston, a tank containing an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, sending the dark syrup coursing through the city's North End, killing 21 people.
1929 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
1943 - Work was completed on the world's largest office building, the Pentagon, just outside Washington, D.C.
1973 - President Richard Nixon ordered a halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
1978 - Two students at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, were slain in their sorority house. (Ted Bundy was later convicted of the crime and was sentenced to death. But he was executed for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, which occurred 3 weeks after the sorority slayings.)
1989 - NATO, the Warsaw Pact and 12 other European countries adopted a human rights and security agreement in Vienna, Austria.
1992 - The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, which had been founded in 1918.
1993 - A historic disarmament ceremony ended in Paris with the last of 125 countries signing a treaty banning chemical weapons.
2009 - After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and five 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.
2023 - A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing all 72 people aboard.
Birthdays
20 - Grace VanderWaal (singer)
27 - Valentina Zenere (actress)
28 - Dove Cameron (actress/singer)
34 - Billie Shepherd (reality star)
37 - Barbie Blank "Kelly Kelly" (professional wrestler)
38 - Jessy Schram (actress)
43 - Pitbull (rapper)
45 - Drew Brees (football player)
46 - Eddie Cahill (actor)
48 - Dorian Missick (actress)
53 - Regina King (actress)
54 - Shane McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
56 - Chad Lowe (actor)
59 - James Nesbitt (actor)
67 - Mario Van Peebles (actor)
71 - Randy White (football player)
77 - Andrea Martin (actress)
86 - Margaret O'Brien (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 15
1892 - The original rules of basketball, devised by James Naismith, were published for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the game originated.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave 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 major league baseball with a new contract that paid him $105,000 per season.
1965 - In one of the biggest trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors send 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 the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, which was retroactively named 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 to win Super Bowl XII at the Superdome in New Orleans, the first indoor Super Bowl.
1981 - Bob Gibson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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 - The Dallas Mavericks set an NBA record with their 17th consecutive home loss.
1994 - New York Giants star linebacker Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from football.
1997 - The Seattle Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals against the Toronto Raptors.
1997 - Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls kicks cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin during a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves; Rodman is suspended for 11 games and is ordered to pay a settlement to Amos.
1997 - San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert announces his retirement after eight highly successful seasons with the franchise, going 108-35 with two Super Bowl titles.
2000 - Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz becomes the 12th coach in NBA history to reach 700 career victories.
2014 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the largest contract in MLB history, a 7-year deal worth $215 million, averaging $30.7 million per season.
2023 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as only the second player in NBA history to score 38,000 career points.
1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1777 - The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence, six months later it was renamed Vermont.
1870 - The donkey was first used as a symbol of the Democratic Party in "Harper's Weekly."
1919 - In Boston, a tank containing an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, sending the dark syrup coursing through the city's North End, killing 21 people.
1929 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
1943 - Work was completed on the world's largest office building, the Pentagon, just outside Washington, D.C.
1973 - President Richard Nixon ordered a halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
1978 - Two students at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, were slain in their sorority house. (Ted Bundy was later convicted of the crime and was sentenced to death. But he was executed for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, which occurred 3 weeks after the sorority slayings.)
1989 - NATO, the Warsaw Pact and 12 other European countries adopted a human rights and security agreement in Vienna, Austria.
1992 - The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, which had been founded in 1918.
1993 - A historic disarmament ceremony ended in Paris with the last of 125 countries signing a treaty banning chemical weapons.
2009 - After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and five 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.
2023 - A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing all 72 people aboard.
Birthdays
20 - Grace VanderWaal (singer)
27 - Valentina Zenere (actress)
28 - Dove Cameron (actress/singer)
34 - Billie Shepherd (reality star)
37 - Barbie Blank "Kelly Kelly" (professional wrestler)
38 - Jessy Schram (actress)
43 - Pitbull (rapper)
45 - Drew Brees (football player)
46 - Eddie Cahill (actor)
48 - Dorian Missick (actress)
53 - Regina King (actress)
54 - Shane McMahon (professional wrestling executive)
56 - Chad Lowe (actor)
59 - James Nesbitt (actor)
67 - Mario Van Peebles (actor)
71 - Randy White (football player)
77 - Andrea Martin (actress)
86 - Margaret O'Brien (actress)
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Today in Sports History - January 15
1892 - The original rules of basketball, devised by James Naismith, were published for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the game originated.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave 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 major league baseball with a new contract that paid him $105,000 per season.
1965 - In one of the biggest trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors send 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 the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, which was retroactively named 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 to win Super Bowl XII at the Superdome in New Orleans, the first indoor Super Bowl.
1981 - Bob Gibson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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 - The Dallas Mavericks set an NBA record with their 17th consecutive home loss.
1994 - New York Giants star linebacker Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from football.
1997 - The Seattle Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals against the Toronto Raptors.
1997 - Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls kicks cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin during a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves; Rodman is suspended for 11 games and is ordered to pay a settlement to Amos.
1997 - San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert announces his retirement after eight highly successful seasons with the franchise, going 108-35 with two Super Bowl titles.
2000 - Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz becomes the 12th coach in NBA history to reach 700 career victories.
2014 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the largest contract in MLB history, a 7-year deal worth $215 million, averaging $30.7 million per season.
2023 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as only the second player in NBA history to score 38,000 career points.
