Historical Events In January - 15

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

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

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  AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch on January - 15.  

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

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 January - 15.  

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

1992  On January - 15 bulgaria recognizes Macedonia  

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 this day in history.  

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 January - 15.  

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

1993  On this day in history soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV  

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

1993  Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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  Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist on January - 15.  

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  On this day in history western Washington begins using new area code 360  

1995  On this day in history sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61  

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

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

1997  On January - 15 chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin  

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

1997  Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1998  On this day in history nASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again  

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

2006  NASA's Stardust mission successfully ends, the first to return dust from a comet on this day in history.  

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

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  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  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on January - 15.  

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 January - 15.  

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

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

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

1595  On this day in history death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)  

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