1. In 1863, the Battle of Springfield took place during the American Civil War. Confederate forces led by General John S. Marmaduke unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Union-held town in southwest Missouri.

2. On January 23, 1967, the Kansas City Chiefs played in their first Super Bowl, losing to the Green Bay Packers 35-10. This was the second Super Bowl ever held and was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

3. In 1943, the University of Kansas made history by becoming the first educational institution to offer a degree in petroleum engineering. This degree program would later become nationally recognized as the petroleum engineering program at the KU School of Engineering.

4. On January 23, 1968, Apollo 5 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This unmanned mission was the first to test the Lunar Module, which would later be used to transport astronauts to and from the moon during the Apollo missions.

5. In 1974, a massive winter storm hit Kansas, dumping over a foot of snow on many cities and causing widespread power outages. The storm was part of a larger weather system that affected much of the central United States and is still remembered today as one of the worst blizzards in Kansas history.