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	Saturday, January 15th The 015th day of 2011. There are 350 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 15, 1967, the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10. (Go to article.)On Jan. 15 , 1929, Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. , the black Baptist minister who led the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and '60's with his doctrine of nonviolent resistance , was born. Following hisdeath on April 4 , 1968, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On January 15, 1881, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Balkans. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1559	England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1844	The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1929	Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
1973	President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1976	Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald Ford in San Francisco.
1978	Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1992	The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.
2001	Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut.
2004	The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.
2005	A military court at Fort Hood, Texas, sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
2009	US Airways Capt Chelsey Sullenberger guided a jetliner disabled by a bird strike just after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport to a safe landing in the Hudson River. All 155 people aboard survived.

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Current Birthdays

Matt Holliday turns 31 years old today.

AP Photo/David Zalubowski Baseball player Matt Holliday turns 31 years old today.

64 Andrea Martin Actress 54 Mario Van Peebles Actor, director 44 Lisa Lisa Singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam) 43 Chad Lowe Actor 40 Regina King Actress 36 Mary Pierce Tennis player 30 Pitbull Rapper, reggaeton artist

Historic Birthdays
Martin Luther King
1/15/1929 - 4/4/1968 American minister and civil rights leader  (Go to obit.)
51	(Jean B. Poquelin) Moliere 1/15/1622 - 2/17/1673 French playwright
75	Jean Coralli 1/15/1779 - 5/1/1854 French dancer/choreographer
76	Abigail Kelley Foster 1/15/1810 - 1/14/1887 American feminist/abolitionist
83	Josef Breuer 1/15/1842 - 6/20/1925 Austrian physician/physiologist
84	Pierre Samuel du Pont 1/15/1870 - 4/5/1954 American businessman
78	Arturi Virtanen 1/15/1895 - 11/11/1973 Finnish biochemist
83	Goodman Ace 1/15/1899 - 3/25/1982 American writer/producer
64	Gene Krupa 1/15/1909 - 10/16/1973 American jazz drummer
52	Gamal Nasser 1/15/1918 - 9/28/1970 Egyptian Prime Minister

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SOURCE: The Associated Press
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