Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929 - Pastor, leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement
- 1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 1624 - Many riots occurred in Mexico when it was announced that all churches were to be closed.
- 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.
- 1943 - The Pentagon was dedicated as the world's largest office building just outside Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of land and has 17 miles of corridors.
- 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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