Historical Events In January - 15

1974  Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures on January - 15.   

1974  On January - 15 karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76   

1975  Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence on January - 15.   

1975  Space Mountain opens (Disneyland) on this day in history.   

1976  Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford on January - 15.   

1976  On this day in history uS-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1977  On January - 15 coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"   

1978  Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman on January - 15.   

1978  Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy on January - 15.   

1981  On January - 15 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV   

1981  Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame on January - 15.   

1981  On this day in history emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92   

1982  Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1983  Dutch political party DS'70 disbands on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard   

1983  On this day in history javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India   

1983  On January - 15 thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours   

1983  On January - 15 meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80   

1984  Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak on this day in history.   

1985  Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president on January - 15.   

1985  On January - 15 mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India   

1985  Rose Bottle is born on January - 15.   

1985  On this day in history tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years   

1986  Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history james H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83   

1987  On January - 15 dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58   

1988  Arab uprising in Israel begins on this day in history.   

1988  On January - 15 jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes   

1988  Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record on January - 15.   

1988  Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1989  Big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble on January - 15.   

1989  Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000 on January - 15.   

1989  Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies on this day in history.   

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1432  On January - 15 birth of afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)   

1481  Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on January - 15.   

1507  Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on January - 15.   

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On January - 15 birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)   

1674  On January - 15 birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on January - 15.   

0570  On January - 15 death of saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)   

0936  Death of King Rudolph of France on this day in history.   

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on this day in history.   

1345  On January - 15 death of martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler   

1481  On January - 15 death of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1595  On this day in history death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)   

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on this day in history.