TODAY IN HISTORY: Super Bowl’s greatest upset

In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.

In 1598, the Marquis de La Roche was awarded a fur trading monopoly in the New World by the King of France.

In 1759, James Wolfe was promoted to majorgeneral and commander-in-chief of British land forces for the planned invasion of New France. Wolfe was killed when his forces invaded Quebec in September 1759.

In 1910, Baroness Rosen, wife of the Russian ambassador to the U.S. pioneered smoking by women in public at a White House reception.

In 1912, the first issue of The Financial Post was published by John Bayne Maclean, who also founded "Maclean's" magazine.

In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

In 1916, a government order-in-council boosted the number of Canadian soldiers committed to the First World War to 500,000.

In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, after serving out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.

In 1935, Amelia Earhart Putnam set a record of 18 hours, 16 minutes on a solo flight of 3,860 kilometres, from Honolulu to California.

In 1945, German forces in Belgium retreated during the "Battle of the Bulge" in the Second World War.

In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.

In 1951, Albert Guay of Quebec City was hanged in Montreal for murder. Guay planted a time bomb aboard a Canadian Pacific Airways plane that killed 23 people, including his wife. Two accomplices were also eventually hanged.

In 1953, Archbishop Paul-Emile Leger of Montreal was made a cardinal.

In 1963, Lester B. Pearson, leader of the Liberal opposition, said Canada should honour its commitment to accept U.S. nuclear warheads.

In 1969, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet made its first trans-Atlantic flight to London from New York.

In 1969, quarterback Joe Namath led the New York Jets to a 16-7 upset of the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in Miami. Namath, who had "guaranteed" victory three days before, passed for 206 yards against the Colts, who had lost only once all season.

In 1970, Biafra surrendered to the government of Nigeria to end a 30-month civil war.

In 1976, mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie died in Wallingford, England, at age 85.

In 1977, the Federal Court of Canada upheld a federal order restricting the use of French in Canadian air space.

In 1984, a snow storm in southern Ontario created a massive 200-car pileup on the Queen Elizabeth Way.

In 1988, Wayne Gretzky confirmed his engagement to actress Janet Jones. (They married in July.)

In 1991, the U.S. Congress gave President George Bush the authority to wage war in the Persian Gulf.

In 1999, Canadian-born cartoonist Todd McFarlane paid US$3.05 million at auction for Mark McGwire's then-record 70th home run ball.

In 2000, Justice Beverley McLachlin was sworn in as the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

In 2005, Michael Feterik sold the Calgary Stampeders to a 12-member group that included ex-Stampeder John Forzani and former CFL Commissioner Doug Mitchell.

In 2006, at least 363 Hajj pilgrims were killed and more than 1,000 injured in a stampede during a stoning the devil ritual in Saudi Arabia.