Today in history: Jan. 15
US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River after a flock of birds disabled both engines; all 155 people aboard survived, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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1892: James Naismith
In 1892, the original rules of basketball, devised by James Naismith, were published for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the game originated.
1919: The Great Molasses Flood
In 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: Martin Luther King, Jr.
In 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta.
1943: The Pentagon
In 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of War (now Defense).
1967: Super Bowl I
In 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I.
1973: Richard Nixon
In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1976: Sara Jane Moore
In 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.)
2009: Plane in the Hudson
In 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River after a flock of birds disabled both engines; all 155 people aboard survived.
2014: Benghazi
In 2014, a highly critical and bipartisan Senate report declared that the deadly Sept. 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.
2019: William Barr
In 2019, at a Senate confirmation hearing, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, William Barr, said he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, and that the special counsel investigation was not a witch hunt.
2020: Impeachment
One year ago: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed the resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for trial. The two articles of impeachment against Trump were for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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