On this day :

1967 Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl, 1777 New Connecticut Vermont declares independence, 1936 Ford Foundation is born, 1865 Fort Fisher falls, 1953 Dulles calls for liberation of captive peoples, 1981 Hill Street Blues begins run, 1919 Molasses floods Boston streets, 1559 Elizabeth crowned queen of England, 1870 First appearance of the Democratic donkey, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr born, 1970 Biafra surrenders to Nigeria, 1970 Qaddafi becomes premier of Libya, 2009 Sully Sullenberger performs Miracle on the Hudson, 1993 Last episode of soap opera Santa Barbara airs, 1831 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is finished, 1972 American Pie hits 1 on the pop charts, 1933 The utopian Amana colony embraces capitalism, 1973 Nixon suspends military action in North Vietnam, 1967 Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl, 1962 Kennedy says US troops are not fighting, 1973 Nixon halts military action against North Vietnam, 1919 Rebel leaders are murdered in failed coup in Berlin, 1951 The Witch of Buchenwald is sentenced to prison,