Page 8: Historical Events In January - 15

1975  Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence   

1975  Space Mountain opens (Disneyland)   

1976  Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford   

1976  US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR.   

1977  Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"   

1978  Theodore Bundy results in the deaths of Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman   

1978  Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy   

1981  "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV.   

1981  Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame   

1981  Emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92.   

1982  Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76   

1983  Dutch political party DS'70 disbands   

1983  Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4812 (beat Devils) during blizzard.   

1983  Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India   

1983  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   

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

1985  Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president   

1985  Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India   

1985  Rose Bottle is born   

1985  Tancredo Neves is recorded as becoming inaugural elected President of Brazil in 21 years   

1986  Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World.   

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

1987  Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58   

1988  Arab uprising in Israel begins   

1988  Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes.   

1988  Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record.   

1988  Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83   

1989  In this year, Big John Studd claims WWF's inaugural Royal Rumble.   

1989  Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22600000   

1989  Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies   

1990  42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds   

1990  6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing claims   

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1432  Afonso v "the african": King of portugal (1438-1481)   

1481  Ashikaga yoshizumi: Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1507  Johann oporinus [herbster]: Swiss book publisher (koran)   

1538  Maeda toshiie: Japanese general   

1567  Black box: [catherine quinol], guadeloupe, vocalist (love sensation)   

1622  Molière: French playwright   

1671  Abraham de la pryme: English antiquarian   

1674  Prosper jolyot de crébillon: French writer   

0069  Servius sulpicius galba: 6th emperor of rome (68-69), lynched at 70   

0570  Death of Saint ita: Irish nun (b. 475)   

0936  King rudolph of france: King rudolph of france   

1208  Peter of castelnau: French nobleman, murdered   

1345  Death of Martin zaccaria: Italo-greek ruler   

1481  Ashikaga yoshizumi: Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1595  Murat iii: Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)   

1672  John cosin: English clergyman (b. 1594)