19l9: Rosa Luxemburg, dt.-poln. Potitikerin (Berlin), gestorben
1919 Karl Liebknecht Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47, gestorben
1919 Rosa Luxembourg Marxist revolutionary, murdered, gestorben

Leading the African-American struggle for equality through nonviolent demonstrations was what earned King the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

In spite of his nonviolent preachings, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the target of violence on several occasions. His home was bombed in Montgomery, Alabama; he was stabbed while in New York City, had stones thrown at him in Chicago and, ultimately, was assassinated (age 39) by a hidden rifleman, in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday has been a public holiday in the United States since 1986, commemorated on the 3rd Monday in January.

King wrote five books espousing his philosophy: Stride Toward Freedom [1958], Strength to Love [1963], Why We Can’t Wait [1964], Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? [1967] and The Trumpet of Conscience [1968].

On August 28, 1963 more than 200,000 people marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC and, as millions more watched on television, King addressed the throng saying, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.’”

On this day in 1929 civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. King galvanized support for racial equality in the 1960's with his eloquence and organization of peaceful demonstrations. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and became the first African-American to be honored with a national holiday after his 1968 assassination. 
1929 - Martin Luther King, amerikanischer Bürgerrechtler und Baptistenpfarrer, Friedensnobelpreisträger 1964, ermordet 1968, geboren
Der charismatische Führer der schwarzen Bürgerrechtsbewegung erhielt für seinen gewaltlosen Widerstand gegen Rassendiskriminierung und Benachteiligung der Schwar-zen in den USA 1964 den Friedensnobelpreis. Vier Jahre später wurde er von dem weißen Rassisten James Earl Ray erschossen.
 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr.
civil rights activist: assassinated Apr 4, 1968; see I Have a Dream Day [above], geboren
1929 Reverand Dr Martin Luther King Jr Atlanta GA, dreamer (Nobel 1964), geboren
1929 "Queen Ida" Guillory Ziadaco music, geboren
1929 Eva Badura-Skoda composer, geboren

 1957 - Julian Sands
actor: Leaving Las Vegas, Grand Isle, Naked Lunch, Husbands and Lovers, Room with a View, The Killing Fields, geboren
1957 Mario Van Peebles Mexico, actor (Posse, South Bronx Heroes), geboren

1967 - Ed Sullivan told the Rolling Stones to change the lyrics AND the title to the song, Let’s Spend the Night Together, or “be off my riiiillly big shew!” So, the Stones gave in... changing the tune to Let’s Spend Some Time Together.
1967 Super Bowl I Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in Los Angeles; Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, Green Bay, Quarterback

1995 - The Golf Channel began on some U.S. cable systems. Four years later, the world’s first 24-hour golf network was seen in over 30,000,000 homes.
1995 Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion
1995 San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship
1995 San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship
1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334
1995 Western Washington begins using new area code 360