Columbus heads home from the New World, Martin Luther King Jr. is born, the first Super Bowl is played, and Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger becomes a hero, all on this day.
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Boston Public Library
1919: A large molasses tank in Boston, Mass., bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.