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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1992: Johnny Cash headlines a class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that also includes Booker T. & the MG's, The Isley Brothers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sam & Dave, The Yardbirds and Bobby "Blue" Bland.