January 15
1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned at 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 on the Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense, was completed.
1973 - President Richard Nixon orders 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, 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 La Guardia Airport, New York City, to Charlotte, N.C., is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived.
2022 - A huge undersea volcanic eruption near the Pacific island nation of Tonga sent tsunami waves crashing across the shore as people fled to higher ground; three people died in Tonga and two in Peru after the tsunami crossed the ocean.
Birthdays
26 - Valentina Zenere (actress)
27 - Dove Cameron (singer/actress)
33 - Billie Faiers (reality star)
36 - Barbie Blank "Kelly Kelly" (model/professional wrestler)
38 - Victor Rasuk (actor)
39 - Ben Shapiro (journalist)
42 - Pitbull (rapper)
44 - Drew Brees (football player)
45 - Eddie Cahill (actor)
47 - Dorian Missick (actress)
51 - Claudia Winkelman (TV host)
52 - Regina King (actress)
55 - Chad Lowe (actor)
58 - James Nesbitt (actor)
66 - Mario Van Peebles (actor)
70 - Randy White (football player)
76 - Andrea Martin (actress)
85 - 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 - U.S. 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 baseball with a new contract worth $105,000 per year.
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 later retroactively renamed 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.
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 - Linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants announces his retirement.
1997 - Dennis Rodman (Chicago Bulls) kicked cameraman Eugene Amosin in the groin.
1997 - The Seattle Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals against the Toronto Raptors.
1997 - San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert announces his resignation after eight highly successful seasons; he was the winningest coach in franchise history at 108-35 with two Super Bowl titles.
2000 - Utah's Jerry Sloan becomes 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 700-victory plateau when the Jazz defeat the LA Clippers, 112-75 at the Delta Center, Salt Lake City.
2001 - The Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals against the Toronto Raptors.
2002 - Seven minority players took part in an NHL game between the St. Louis Blues and the Edmonton Oilers. The record number of minority skaters included Edmonton's Anson Carter, Georges Laraque, Sean Brown and Mike Grier and St. Louis' Jamal Mayers, Fred Brathwaite and Bryce Salvador.
2014 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, a 7-year, $215 million contract that averaged $30.7 million per season.
2018 - U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women who were sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar.
1559 - England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned at 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 on the Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense, was completed.
1973 - President Richard Nixon orders 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, 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 La Guardia Airport, New York City, to Charlotte, N.C., is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived.
2022 - A huge undersea volcanic eruption near the Pacific island nation of Tonga sent tsunami waves crashing across the shore as people fled to higher ground; three people died in Tonga and two in Peru after the tsunami crossed the ocean.
Birthdays
26 - Valentina Zenere (actress)
27 - Dove Cameron (singer/actress)
33 - Billie Faiers (reality star)
36 - Barbie Blank "Kelly Kelly" (model/professional wrestler)
38 - Victor Rasuk (actor)
39 - Ben Shapiro (journalist)
42 - Pitbull (rapper)
44 - Drew Brees (football player)
45 - Eddie Cahill (actor)
47 - Dorian Missick (actress)
51 - Claudia Winkelman (TV host)
52 - Regina King (actress)
55 - Chad Lowe (actor)
58 - James Nesbitt (actor)
66 - Mario Van Peebles (actor)
70 - Randy White (football player)
76 - Andrea Martin (actress)
85 - Margaret O'Brien (actress)
===========================
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 - U.S. 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 baseball with a new contract worth $105,000 per year.
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 later retroactively renamed 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.
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 - Linebacker Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants announces his retirement.
1997 - Dennis Rodman (Chicago Bulls) kicked cameraman Eugene Amosin in the groin.
1997 - The Seattle Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals against the Toronto Raptors.
1997 - San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert announces his resignation after eight highly successful seasons; he was the winningest coach in franchise history at 108-35 with two Super Bowl titles.
2000 - Utah's Jerry Sloan becomes 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 700-victory plateau when the Jazz defeat the LA Clippers, 112-75 at the Delta Center, Salt Lake City.
2001 - The Supersonics set an NBA record with 27 steals against the Toronto Raptors.
2002 - Seven minority players took part in an NHL game between the St. Louis Blues and the Edmonton Oilers. The record number of minority skaters included Edmonton's Anson Carter, Georges Laraque, Sean Brown and Mike Grier and St. Louis' Jamal Mayers, Fred Brathwaite and Bryce Salvador.
2014 - The Los Angeles Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, a 7-year, $215 million contract that averaged $30.7 million per season.
2018 - U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women who were sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar.
