Historical Events In January - 15

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

1990  On this day in history 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins  

1990  A computer problem disrupts AT&T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours on this day in history.  

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 January - 15.  

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 January - 15.  

1990  Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 on this day in history.  

1991  Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup on January - 15.  

1991  UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't) on January - 15.  

1992  Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia on this day in history.  

1992  Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man on this day in history.  

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 January - 15.  

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  Top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo on this day in history.  

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  Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist on January - 15.  

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

1995  On this day in history southern Alabama begins using new area code 334  

1995  Western Washington begins using new area code 360 on January - 15.  

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

1996  Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1997  American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time on January - 15.  

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 January - 15 jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82  

1998  NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)  

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

1507  On January - 15 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  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on January - 15.  

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 January - 15.  

0069  On January - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70  

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

0936  On this day in history death of king Rudolph of France  

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on January - 15.  

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  On January - 15 death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)  

1672  On January - 15 death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)