1535 – King Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England
1552 – France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
1925 – Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP
1943 – 1,000 workers complete air conditioning system for Pentagon
1955 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s “From Jewish Folk Poetry” premieres in Leningrad
1967 – Super Bowl I, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10; MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
1974 – TV sitcom “Happy Days” created by Garry Marshall and starring Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, and Tom Bosley, begins an 11 year run on ABC
1994 – Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from the NFL
2005 – ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.
2019 – Beginning of humanity’s largest gathering, the Kumbh Mela Hindu festival with 15 million people bathing at the joining of Ganges and Yamuna rivers, India. 120 million expected over next 49 days.