FIRST SUPER BOWL ON THIS DATE IN 1967

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The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional football, later known as Super Bowl I and referred to in some reports as the Supergame, was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.

The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay packers (14–2) scored 3 second-half touchdowns en route to a 35–10 win over the American Football League(AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs (12–2–1). Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr, who completed 16 of 23 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns, with 1 interception, was named Super Bowl MVP. The game was simulcast on both CBS-TV and NBC-TV.

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Green Bay Quarterback Bart Starr is about to make a pass

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Max McGee, above, caught the ball and scored the first touchdown
in Super Bowl history.

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                                                   SUPER BOWL l patch

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EMERGENCY PREMEIRED ON THIS DATE IN 1972

EMERGENCY was a medical drama and action-adventure series from 
producer Jack Webb.It aired on NBC-TV until it was canceled in 1977. 

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                               The original Squad-51 vehicle

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CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1929

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The tombs of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Koreta King at the MLK Center in 
Atlanta, Georgia

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DRUMMER BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1909

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Big band drummer and composer Gene Krupa was the first to be  
inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1978. Krupa has
been called one of the most influential drummers of the 20th century.

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END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ON THIS DATE IN 1784

 

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The United States ratified a peace treaty with England that ended the
Revolutionary War and established the US as a sovereign nation. John 
Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison took part in negotiating 
the treaty with King George lll.

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