January 15 in History

• 1759

  January 15, 1759:

  The British Museum opens to the general public.

• 1844

  January 15, 1844:

  The University of Notre Dame officially becomes a chartered institution.

• 1892

  January 15, 1892:

  The inventor of basketball, James Naismith publishes his rules for the game in Triangle Magazine.

• 1919

  January 15, 1919:

  Rosa Luxemburg, co-founder of the German Communist Party, is arrested and killed for her role as an instigator of the Spartacus Revolution, a communist uprising.

• 1967

  January 15, 1967:

  The first Super Bowl game is played between Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers with the latter emerging as winners.

• 1971

  January 15, 1971:

  George Harrison’s single, “My Sweet Lord” is released in the UK.

• 1974

  January 15, 1974:

  The comedy television series, “Happy Days” airs its pilot episode for the first time on ABC.

• 1981

  January 15, 1981:

  “Hill Street Blues”, the comedic police procedural drama series starts airing on NBC.

• 2001

  January 15, 2001:

  The free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia goes online for the first time.

• 2009

  January 15, 2009:

  The Captain Chesley Sullenberger III-piloted US Airways flight number 1549 lands in the Hudson River not long after takeoff with no fatalities.