Here is what happened on this day in history.

January 15th…..

1929- Martin Luther King Jr. born

2001- Wikipedia launches

1968- The Jeannette Rankin Brigade: 5,000 women march against Vietnam War

2009- Pilot Sully Sullenberger performs “Miracle on the Hudson”

1972- “American Pie” hits #1 on the pop charts

1777- Vermont declares independence from colony of New York

1870- First appearance of the Democratic Party donkey

1559- Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England

1919- Rebel leaders are murdered in failed coup in Berlin

1967- Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl

1831- “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” is finished

1919- Boston shocked by deadly molasses flood

1981- “Hill Street Blues” begins run

1990- Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan

1951- The “Witch of Buchenwald” is sentenced to prison

Learn more about all of these events at https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history