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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1994: Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, best known for the hit singles "Everybody's Talkin'," "Without You" and "Coconut," dies of heart failure at the age of 52 in Agoura Hills, Calif.