Historical Events In January - 15

1974  Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures on this day in history.   

1974  Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76 on January - 15.   

1975  On this day in history portugal signs accord for Angola's independence   

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

1976  On January - 15 sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford   

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

1976  On January - 15 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR   

1977  Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live" on January - 15.   

1978  On January - 15 theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman   

1978  On this day in history margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy   

1981  "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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 January - 15.   

1983  On this day in history dutch political party DS'70 disbands   

1983  Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard on January - 15.   

1983  Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India on January - 15.   

1983  Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours on this day in history.   

1983  Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.   

1984  On January - 15 hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak   

1985  Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president on this day in history.   

1985  Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India on January - 15.   

1985  Rose Bottle is born on this day in history.   

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 January - 15.   

1986  On January - 15 james H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83   

1987  On this day in history dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58   

1988  Arab uprising in Israel begins on January - 15.   

1988  Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes on this day in history.   

1988  On January - 15 kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record   

1988  Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 on January - 15.   

1989  Big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1507  On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

1538  On January - 15 birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)   

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

1622  On January - 15 birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)   

1671  On January - 15 birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)   

1674  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1595  Death of Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) on January - 15.   

1672  On this day in history death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)