Page 9: Historical Events In January - 15

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

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

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

1990  On this day in history aT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch   

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  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 on January - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1992  Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man   

1992  EC recognizes Slovenian and Croatian independence on January - 15.   

1992  On this day in history supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum   

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 this day in history.   

1993  On January - 15 soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV   

1993  Top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo on January - 15.   

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

1994  15th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10 on this day in history.   

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

1994  On this day in history 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  On January - 15 western Washington begins using new area code 360   

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

1996  Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73 on January - 15.   

1997  On January - 15 american space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time   

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

1997  Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station on January - 15.   

1997  Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82 on January - 15.   

1998  On January - 15 nASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again   

1998  Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 on January - 15.   

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

2009  On this day in history 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.   

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1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1671  On January - 15 birth of abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704)   

1674  On January - 15 birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)   

0069  On January - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched at 70   

0570  Death of Saint Ita, Irish nun (b. 475) on this day in history.   

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

1208  Death of Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered on this day in history.   

1345  On this day in history death of martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler   

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 January - 15.