MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2009: US Airways flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley (“Sully”) Sullenberger III, landed in the Hudson River after the plane flew into a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff, resulting in severe damage to the plane's engines; there were no fatalities. [ Take our quiz about the history of flight.]

2001: Wikipedia, a free Internet-based encyclopaedia that operates under an open-source management style, debuted; it was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.

1974: The American television series Happy Days, a nostalgic comedy set during the 1950s and '60s, premiered on ABC. [Read about 10 of the best American sitcoms.]

1967: In the first Super Bowl game, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) by a score of 35 to 10. [How much do you know about the Super Bowl?]

1919: Polish-born German revolutionary and agitator Rosa Luxemburg, cofounder of the German Communist Party, was arrested and murdered in Berlin for fomenting a communistuprising known as the Spartacus Revolt. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about history makers.]

1896: American photographer Mathew Brady , known for his portraits of politicians and images of the American Civil War, died alone and virtually forgotten in a hospital charity ward in New York City. [Take our quiz about famous photographers.]