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 January - 15.   

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

1976  Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1981  Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame on January - 15.   

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

1982  Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76 on January - 15.   

1983  Dutch political party DS'70 disbands on January - 15.   

1983  On January - 15 hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard   

1983  On January - 15 javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India   

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

1985  On January - 15 civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president   

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  Tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years on this day in history.   

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 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 January - 15.   

1988  Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes on this day in history.   

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

1989  On this day in history cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000   

1989  Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies on this day in history.   

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

1567  On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  On January - 15 birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)   

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 this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70   

0570  On January - 15 death of saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475)   

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

1208  On this day in history 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  Death of Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

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