The Week in History
January 15, 1967
The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Coliseum in America’s first Super Bowl championship game.
January 16, 1919
Prohibition takes effect in the U.S., when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution-prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes”-is ratified.
January 22, 1973
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Roe v. Wade that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters.
