Thursday, January 15, 2015

History for January 15

History for January 15 - On-This-Day.com:
Jean Baptiste Moliere 1622, Pierre S. DuPont 1870, Edward Teller 1908 


Lloyd Bridges 1913, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929, Margaret O'Brien 1937 


1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor) was crowned in Westminster Abbey. 


1870 - A cartoon by Thomas Nast titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" appeared in "Harper's Weekly." The cartoon used the donkey to symbolize the Democratic Party for the first time. 


1892 - "Triangle" magazine in Springfield, MA, published the rules for a brand new game. The original rules involved attaching a peach baskets to a suspended board. It is now known as basketball. 


1967 - The first National Football League Super Bowl was played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10. 


1974 - "Happy Days" premiered on ABC-TV. 


1986 - President Reagan signed legislation making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday to be celebrated on the third Monday of January. 

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