Page 9: Historical Events In January - 15

1990  On this day in history 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds   

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

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

1990  AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch on this day in history.   

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  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 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66   

1991  On this day in history 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 January - 15 cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man   

1992  On this day in history eC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence   

1992  On this day in history supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum   

1992  On January - 15 the federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.   

1993  7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die on January - 15.   

1993  Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV on this day in history.   

1993  On January - 15 top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo   

1993  On January - 15 henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88   

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

1994  On this day in history hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)   

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

1994  Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72 on January - 15.   

1995  On January - 15 southern Alabama begins using new area code 334   

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

1995  On January - 15 sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61   

1996  On January - 15 les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73   

1997  American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time on this day in history.   

1997  On January - 15 chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin   

1997  Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station on January - 15.   

1997  On this day in history jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82   

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  NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet on January - 15.   

2009  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 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 January - 15 birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

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

1671  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on January - 15.   

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

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70   

0570  On this day in history death of saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)   

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

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

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

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on January - 15.