Page 9: Historical Events In January - 15

1990  On January - 15 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds   

1990  On January - 15 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins   

1990  On January - 15 a computer problem disrupts AT&T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours.   

1990  AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch on January - 15.   

1990  Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence on this day in history.   

1990  On January - 15 vIA cuts half of its passenger network. Included in these cuts are a decision to run just one transcontinental train between Toronto and Vancouver via CN through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Jasper.   

1990  Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 on January - 15.   

1991  On January - 15 australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup   

1991  UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't) on this day in history.   

1992  On January - 15 bulgaria recognizes Macedonia   

1992  On this day in history cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man   

1992  EC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence on this day in history.   

1992  Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum on this day in history.   

1992  The federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia on this day in history.   

1993  7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die on this day in history.   

1993  On January - 15 soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV   

1993  On this day in history top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo   

1993  Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88 on January - 15.   

1994  On January - 15 15th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10   

1994  Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%) on January - 15.   

1994  On this day in history queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist   

1994  On January - 15 gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72   

1995  Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history western Washington begins using new area code 360   

1995  Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61 on January - 15.   

1996  On this day in history les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73   

1997  On this day in history american space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time   

1997  On this day in history chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin   

1997  On January - 15 space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station   

1997  Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1998  On January - 15 nASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again   

1998  Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 on January - 15.   

2006  On January - 15 nASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.   

2009  On January - 15 uS Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into e Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuaia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.   

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1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on this day in history.   

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  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.   

1567  Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation) was born on January - 15.   

1622  On this day in history birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)   

1671  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on this day in history.   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on this day in history.   

0570  Death of Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) on January - 15.   

0936  On January - 15 death of king Rudolph of France   

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

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on January - 15.   

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)