Page 8: Historical Events In January - 15

1974  On this day in history expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures   

1974  On this day in history karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76   

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

1975  Space Mountain opens (Disneyland) on January - 15.   

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

1976  US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit on this day in history.   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on January - 15.   

1977  Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live" on this day in history.   

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  On January - 15 bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame   

1981  On January - 15 emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92   

1982  On January - 15 red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76   

1983  On January - 15 dutch political party DS'70 disbands   

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

1983  Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak on January - 15.   

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

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  James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes on January - 15.   

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

1988  On this day in history sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83   

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  On this day in history wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies   

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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 this day in history.   

1507  Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1674  Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on January - 15.   

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  On January - 15 death of peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered   

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on this day in history.   

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.