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On this day: January 15

POSTED: 03:48 PM PST Jan 14, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 14, 2013

Columbus heads home from the New World, Martin Luther King Jr. is born, the first Super Bowl is played, and Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger becomes a hero, all on this day.

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OTD January 15 - Christopher Columbus

OTD January 15 - Elizabeth I

OTD January 15 - Molière

OTD January 15 - The British Museum

OTD January 15 - Notre Dame

OTD January 15 - Democratic Donkey

OTD January 15 - Coca-Cola

OTD January 15 - James Naismith

OTD January 15 - Mathew Brady

OTD January 15 - Lloyd Bridges

OTD January 15 - Boston Molasses Disaster

OTD January 15 - Martin Luther King

OTD January 15 - Margaret O'Brien

OTD January 15 - NFL All-Star game

OTD January 15 - Captain Beefheart

OTD January 15 - The Pentagon

OTD January 15 - Black Dahlia

OTD January 15 - Ronnie Van Zant

OTD January 15 - Harry Truman's farewell

OTD January 15 - The Supremes

OTD January 15 - Derveni papyrus

OTD January 15 - Super Bowl I

OTD January 15 - The Rolling Stones

OTD January 15 - Moammar Gadhafi

OTD January 15 - Vietnam War

OTD January 15 - Dennis Rader

OTD January 15 - Happy Days

OTD January 15 - Gerald Ford

OTD January 15 - Pitbull

OTD January 15 - Meyer Lansky

OTD January 15 - Ray Bolger

OTD January 15 - Skrillex

OTD January 15 - Johnny Cash

OTD January 15 - Salvatore Riina

OTD January 15 - Santa Barbara

OTD January 15 - Harry Nilsson

OTD January 15 - Minnesota Fats

OTD January 15 - Wikipedia

OTD January 15 - Brad Renfro

OTD January 15 - Miracle on the Hudson

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