Tony Dungy (68) of the Indianapolis Colts became the first Black
NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl (XLl). The victory marked
the first time a Black head coach had reached the National
Football League’s championship game—one that featured not
just one, but two Black head coaches.
Hall of Fame head coach and NBC Football analyst Tony
Dungy.
Then and now location from the 1978 film starring Donald
Sutherland.
On January 15, 2009, a potential disaster turned into a heroic
display of skill and composure when Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles safely land the
plane they were piloting on New York City’s Hudson River
after a bird strike caused its engines to fail. David Paterson,
governor of New York at the time, dubbed the incident the
“miracle on the Hudson.”
Sullenberger, a former Air Force fighter pilot with decades of
flying experience, received a slew of honors for his actions,
including an invitation to Barack Obama’s presidential
inauguration and resolutions of praise from the U.S.
Congress.
Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles.
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III will
turn 73 on January 23rd.
The incident was adapted into the feature film
Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood. It starred Tom
Hanks as Sullenberger and Aaron Eckhart as
Skiles. It was released by Warner Bros. on
September 9, 2016.
On January 5, 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate
Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet
of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages.
On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened, Celebrations lasted for a week! Vehicles were not permitted to cross on the first
day, so 200,000 people made their way across the bridge on foot
or roller skaters. The day after it opened, President Roosevelt, who
was in Washington D.C., had pushed a button that allowed vehicles across the bridge.
With locked exits and boarded-up vents, the Iroquois Theater was a perfect death trap.
A fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, killed more than
600 people on December 30, 1903. It was the deadliest theater fire
in U.S. history. Blocked fire exits and the lack of a fire-safety plan
caused most of the deaths.
Shocking 1903 illustration of the infamous Chicago Iroquois Theater Fire. Originally published in France.
The Oriental Theater, which retained the façade of the ill-
fated Iroquois Theater.
