1844 - The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
1889 - The Coca Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892 - Dr. James Naismith publishes The Original Rules of Basketball in the Springfield College newspaper, The Triangle.
1967 - Super Bowl I is played in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in what was originally called The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
2001 - Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, goes online.
Birthdays
1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader
1948 - Ronnie Van Zant, Lead singer and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd
1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
1979 - Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints quarterback
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