On This Day for January 15 - British Museum opened to the public, Martin Luther King, Jr. is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. January 15 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Martin Luther King, Jr. READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1759 British Museum opened to the public READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2009: US Airways flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley ("Sully") Sullenberger III, landed in the Hudson River after the plane flew into a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff, resulting in severe damage to the plane's engines; there were no fatalities. [ Take our quiz about the history of flight.] 2001: Wikipedia, a free Internet-based encyclopaedia that operates under an open-source management style, debuted; it was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. 1974: The American television series Happy Days, a nostalgic comedy set during the 1950s and '60s, premiered on ABC. [Read about 10 of the best American sitcoms.] 1967: In the first Super Bowl game, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) by a score of 35 to 10. [How much do you know about the Super Bowl?] 1919: Polish-born German revolutionary and agitator Rosa Luxemburg, cofounder of the German Communist Party, was arrested and murdered in Berlin for fomenting a communist uprising known as the Spartacus Revolt. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about history makers.] 1896: American photographer Mathew Brady , known for his portraits of politicians and images of the American Civil War, died alone and virtually forgotten in a hospital charity ward in New York City. [Take our quiz about famous photographers.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1979 Drew Brees American football player 1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser president of Egypt 1965 Bernard Hopkins American boxer 1941 Captain Beefheart American musician 1908 Edward Teller American physicist 1981 El Hadji Diouf Senegalese athlete SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help