Historical Events In January - 15

1974  Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures on January - 15.   

1974  On January - 15 karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76   

1975  On January - 15 portugal signs accord for Angola's independence   

1975  On this day in history space Mountain opens (Disneyland)   

1976  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV   

1981  On January - 15 bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame   

1981  Emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On January - 15 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  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  On this day in history mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India   

1985  Rose Bottle is born on January - 15.   

1985  On January - 15 tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years   

1986  On this day in history living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World   

1986  James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 on January - 15.   

1987  On January - 15 dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58   

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

1988  On this day in history jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes   

1988  Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record on January - 15.   

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 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  Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On January - 15 birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.   

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

1481  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) on January - 15.   

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

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