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 this day in history.   

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

1975  Space Mountain opens (Disneyland) on this day in history.   

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

1976  On January - 15 uS-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit   

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

1977  On this day in history coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"   

1978  Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman on this day in history.   

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

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

1982  On this day in history 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 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 January - 15.   

1983  On this day in history meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80   

1984  Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak on January - 15.   

1985  Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president on January - 15.   

1985  On this day in history mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200's vs India   

1985  On January - 15 rose Bottle is born   

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

1986  On January - 15 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  Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58 on January - 15.   

1988  On January - 15 arab uprising in Israel begins   

1988  On January - 15 jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes   

1988  On January - 15 kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record   

1988  On January - 15 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  On this day in history cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000   

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  Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) was born on January - 15.   

1507  On this day in history birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

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

1567  On January - 15 birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 15.   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on this day in history.   

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on January - 15.   

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

1595  On January - 15 death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)   

1672  On this day in history death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)