01-15-2008, 01:16 PM
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Location: Maryland
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January 15th
1892 ~ James Naismith published the rules for basketball.
1908 ~ Birthday of Edward Teller, Physicist.
1918 ~ Birth of Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt.
1929 ~ Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights leader, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1964.
1951 ~ The "Bitch of Buchenwald", Ilse Koch, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
1953 ~ East German authorities began a purge of senior Jewish officials.
1967 ~ The first Super Bowl was played.
1973 ~ President Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1983 ~ Death of Meyer Lansky, mobster.
1996 ~ Death of Minnesota Fats, American Billiards player.
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