Page 8: Historical Events In January - 15

1974  Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures on this day in history.   

1974  Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76 on January - 15.   

1975  Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence on this day in history.   

1975  On January - 15 space Mountain opens (Disneyland)   

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  On January - 15 coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"   

1978  On this day in history theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman   

1978  Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy on this day in history.   

1981  On January - 15 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV   

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  Dutch political party DS'70 disbands on January - 15.   

1983  Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India   

1983  Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours on this day in history.   

1983  On January - 15 meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80   

1984  On this day in history hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak   

1985  On this day in history civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president   

1985  Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India on this day in history.   

1985  Rose Bottle is born on this day in history.   

1985  On January - 15 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  On January - 15 james H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83   

1987  Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble   

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

1538  On this day in history birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)   

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

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  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on January - 15.   

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

0936  Death of King Rudolph of France on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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