Page 9: Historical Events In January - 15

1990  On this day in history 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds   

1990  6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins on this day in history.   

1990  A computer problem disrupts AT&T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours on this day in history.   

1990  On January - 15 aT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch   

1990  On January - 15 soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence.   

1990  On this day in history vIA cuts half of its passenger network. Included in these cuts are a decision to run just one transcontinental train between Toronto and Vancouver via CN through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Jasper.   

1990  Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 on January - 15.   

1991  Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup on this day in history.   

1991  On January - 15 uN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't)   

1992  On this day in history bulgaria recognizes Macedonia   

1992  Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man on this day in history.   

1992  On January - 15 eC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence   

1992  On January - 15 supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum   

1992  The federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia on this day in history.   

1993  7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die on this day in history.   

1993  Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV on January - 15.   

1993  On this day in history top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo   

1993  On this day in history henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88   

1994  On January - 15 15th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10   

1994  Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%) on January - 15.   

1994  On January - 15 queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist   

1994  Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72 on January - 15.   

1995  On January - 15 southern Alabama begins using new area code 334   

1995  Western Washington begins using new area code 360 on this day in history.   

1995  Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61 on January - 15.   

1996  Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1997  American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time on this day in history.   

1997  Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station   

1997  On this day in history jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82   

1998  NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again on this day in history.   

1998  On January - 15 amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63   

2006  On January - 15 nASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet.   

2009  US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into e Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuaia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive on this day in history.   

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1432  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  On this day in history birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)   

1671  On this day in history 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 January - 15.   

0570  On this day in history 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 January - 15.   

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

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

1595  Death of Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

1672  On January - 15 death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)