1559

Elizabeth I was crowned queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey.

1929

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.

1943

Work was completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of War.

2009

US Airways Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger landed an Airbus A320 safely in the Hudson River after striking a flock of birds that disabled both engines shortly after takeoff; all 155 people aboard survived.