Page 9: Historical Events In January - 15

1990  On January - 15 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 January - 15.   

1990  AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch on this day in history.   

1990  Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares a state of emergency in parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia, due to increased ethnic violence on this day in history.   

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  On January - 15 gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66   

1991  On January - 15 australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup   

1991  UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't) on January - 15.   

1992  Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia on this day in history.   

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

1992  EC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence on this day in history.   

1992  Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum on this day in history.   

1992  On January - 15 the federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.   

1993  7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die on January - 15.   

1993  Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV on this day in history.   

1993  Top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo on this day in history.   

1993  Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88 on January - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history southern Alabama begins using new area code 334   

1995  Western Washington begins using new area code 360 on January - 15.   

1995  Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73   

1997  On this day in history american space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time   

1997  On this day in history chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin   

1997  On January - 15 space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station   

1997  On January - 15 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  Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 January - 15.   

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1432  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)   

1567  Black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation) was born on January - 15.   

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

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

0570  Death of Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) on January - 15.   

0936  On this day in history death of king Rudolph of France   

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on January - 15.   

1345  Death of Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler on this day in history.   

1481  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) on this day in history.   

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

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on this day in history.