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Today in History 01/15/17

Painting of Queen Elizabeth I in coronation robes (© Universal History Archive/Getty Images)(1559) Queen Elizabeth I crowned in England
Having succeeded her half-sister Mary to the throne the previous November, the 25-year-old Elizabeth is officially crowned queen. Once declared illegitimate, the daughter of the late King Henry VIII and his executed queen, Anne Boleyn, The Virgin Queen will reign 45 years.
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.
Lived: Sep 07, 1533 – Mar 24, 1603 (age 69)
Related movies: Elizabeth · Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Parents: Henry VIII of England (Father) · Anne Boleyn (Mother)
Siblings: Mary I of England (Sister) · Edward VI of England (Brother) · Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (Brother)
Children: Piers FitzThomas Butler
Speeches: Speech to the Troops at Tilbury · The Golden Speech
Highlights
  • 1558: Elizabeth’s intention had been to exchange Le Havre for Calais, lost to France in January 1558.

  • 1563: It was her first venture into France since the retreat from Le Havre in 1563.

  • 1564: In 1564, Elizabeth raised Dudley to the peerage as Earl of Leicester.

  • 1578: Public tributes to the Virgin by 1578 acted as a coded assertion of opposition to the queen’s marriage negotiations with the Duke of Alençon.

  • 1584: In December 1584, an alliance between Philip II and the French Catholic League at Joinville undermined the ability of Anjou’s brother, Henry III of France, to counter Spanish domination of the Netherlands.

  • 1594: The queen’s personal authority was lessening, as is shown in the 1594 affair of Dr. Lopez, her trusted physician.

  • 1603: She died on 24 March 1603 at Richmond Palace, between two and three in the morning.

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British Museum in the newly converted Montagu House, circa 1810 in London (© Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)(1759) Public invited to view national treasures
The doors open at Montagu House, a converted mansion, and the public explores thousands of curiosities, manuscripts, artworks, and antiquities. The collections of the British Museum belong to the nation, not the monarch nor a church, and they’ll grow to be among the largest and most comprehensive in the world.
The British Museum is dedicated to human history, art and culture, and is located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Website: www.britishmuseum.org
Address: Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Phone: 020 7323 8299
Established: 1753
Founder: Hans Sloane
Architects: Robert Smirke · Sydney Smirke · Robert Hooke · John Russell Pope · John James Burnet · Spencer de Grey · John Taylor
Artwork owned: Rosetta Stone · Isabella Brant

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Jim Taylor of the Green Bay Packers carries the ball against the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl I on Jan. 15, 1967, in Los Angeles (© James Flores/Getty Images)(1967) The first Super Bowl is played in L.A.
Sixty million TV viewers tune in as the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs clash at Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum. Green Bay’s quarterback Bart Starr will guide the Packers to a 35-10 victory.
The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in some contemporaneous reports, including the game’s radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl, was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.
Date: Jan 15, 1967
Champion: Green Bay Packers
Runners-up: Kansas City Chiefs

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Airline passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of a US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner that safely ditched in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York on Jan. 15, 2009 (© Steven Day/AP)(2009) Captain “Sully” safely lands jetliner on Hudson River
US Airways Flight 1549 strikes a flock of geese shortly after takeoff, and both engines fail. Captain Sullenberger quickly decides to land the jet on the Hudson River, saving the lives of everyone on board.
US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320-214 which, three minutes after takeoff from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009, struck a flock of Canada geese just northeast of the George Washington Bridge and consequently lost all engine power. Unable to reach any airport, pilots Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles glided the plane to a ditching in the Hudson River off midtown Manhattan. All 155 people aboard were rescued by nearby boats and there were few serious injuries.
Date: Jan 15, 2009

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Today in History

(1559) A knightly sport claims a king
1559 France’s King Henry II is celebrating both his daughter’s wedding and peace with the Habsburgs in one of his favorite ways, by jousting. This will be his final match, as a lance fragment strikes him in the head, killing him days later. The royal death will hasten the sport’s decline..
(1859) A terrifying tightrope walk conquers the air above Niagara
French daredevil ‘The Great Blondin’ steps out onto a 2-inch-diameter, 1,300-foot hemp rope stretched 160-feet above a raging gorge, and 25,000 spectators hold their collective breath. Blondin will travel from America to Canada on the first tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.. 1859
(1908) Earth’s largest impact event blasts Siberia
1908 An estimated 80 million trees are leveled as an explosion 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb bursts over a remote area of Siberia, Russia. Caused by an asteroid or comet, the Tunguska Event decimates over 800 square miles of forest, but no human fatalities are recorded. .
(1934) Hitler orders a purge of potential political rivals
Turning his homicidal paranoia inwards, Adolph Hitler sends execution squads to eliminate hundreds of Nazi Party members he deems a threat to his future domination. The SS and Gestapo secret police inflict the Night of the Long Knives mostly on members of the SA, or Stormtroopers. . 1934