Historical Events In January - 15

1974  On January - 15 expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures  

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

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

1975  On January - 15 space Mountain opens (Disneyland)  

1976  On this day in history sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford  

1976  US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit on January - 15.  

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on this day in history.  

1977  On January - 15 coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"  

1978  Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman on January - 15.  

1978  On January - 15 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 this day in history bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame  

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

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

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

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

1983  On January - 15 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  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  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 January - 15.  

1985  Tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years on this day in history.  

1986  Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World on January - 15.  

1986  James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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  Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 on January - 15.  

1989  On January - 15 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  On January - 15 birth of afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481)  

1481  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)  

1507  Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on January - 15.  

1538  On January - 15 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  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1674  On this day in history birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)  

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 this day in history.  

0936  Death of King Rudolph of France on January - 15.  

1208  On January - 15 death of peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered  

1345  On January - 15 death of martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler  

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.