On This Day in History January 15 ​Historical Events​ ​1535 King Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England ​1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey ​1759 The British Museum opens in Montague House, London ​1902 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud leads 40 men over the walls of Riyadh and takes the city, marking the beginning of the Third Saudi State. ​2001 Wikipedia a free Wiki or content encyclopedia is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Passengers wait to be rescued on the wings of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River ​2009 Chesley Sullenberger lands US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in NYC. All passengers and crew members survive in what becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson". More Historical Events ​Famous Birthdays​ ​Afonso V​ 1432 - 1481 ​Ibn Saud​ ​1875 - 1953 ​Edward Teller​ ​1908 - 2003 ​Martin Luther King Jr.​ ​1929 - 1968 Also Charo (74) and Regina King (54) More Famous Birthdays ​Famous Deaths​ ​Seán MacBride​ ​1904 - 1988 ​Dolores O’Riordan​ ​1971 - 2018 More Famous Deaths ​Squaring Up for Radio Commentary​ This was the day when the BBC broadcast live sports commentary for the first time and introduced a novel way of involving listeners in the action. BBC’s First Sports Commentary