Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who along with his band The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll Be the Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers list.
He won a talent contest when he was five years old for singing "Have You Ever Gone Sailing (Down the River of Memories)."
Rolling Stone ranked him as the thirteenth "Greatest Artist of All Time." He died in a plane crash less than two years after his career took off.
(AP) – On January 15, 1967, Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception as the Packers rolled over the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first AFL-NFL World Championship game (which would later become known as Super Bowl I). For his efforts, Starr was named the game’s MVP and was awarded a shiny new 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray convertible (above). That Corvette is now going up for auction.
The car is documented with a tank sticker that says "Courtesy Delivery – B. Starr." It presents with its original and patinated Goodwood Green paint, which was chosen to match the Packers’ home jerseys and is only slightly touched up. Just 48,000 miles show on the odometer and the listing says they are believed to be original.
The U.S. space shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff on this day in 1986. All seven of its crewmembers were killed.
President Ronald Reagan.
Sir Francis Drake(c. 1540 – January 28, 1596)
Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, slave trader, and privateer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire trip. He died of dysentery after unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Jose Marti memorial in Revolution Square at Havana, Cuba.
Vince Lombardi was named head coach of the Green Bay Packers on this day in 1959.
Lombardi led the Packers to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the end of the 1966 and 1967 NFL seasons. Following his sudden death from cancer in 1970, The NFL Super Bowl trophy was named in his honor.
Vincent Thomas Lombardi(June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970)
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.) (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
African-American Civil Rights Movement leader and pastor Martin Luther King Jr.who is remembered best for his iconic "I Have A Dream Speech," which he gave in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
At age 25, Dr. King became the pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama.
President Richard M. Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam on this day in 1973. He cited progress in peace negotiations as the reason.
England’s Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor) was crowned in Westminster Abbey on this day in 1559.
On this day in 1943, the Pentagon was dedicated as the world’s largest office building just outside Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of land and has 17 miles of corridors.
The first National Football League Super Bowl was played on this DAY IN 1967. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35- 10.
