Sunday, January 15, 2012

TODAY IN HISTORY

JANUARY 15
1967:Quarterback Bart Starr is named the most valuable player in the first annual contest between the best teams of the American League and the National League — later known as the Super Bowl. Starr led the Green Bay Packers to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

1943: After 16 months of construction, the Pentagon is completed in Arlington, Va. With more than 17 miles of corridors, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense is the largest office building in the world in terms of area.

2009: Pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely guides US Airways flight 1549 to a safe landing in the Hudson River after the jetliner was disabled by hitting a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport. All 155 passengers and crew members survived.
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