Historical Events In January - 15

1974  On this day in history expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures   

1974  On this day in history karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76   

1975  Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence on January - 15.   

1975  Space Mountain opens (Disneyland) on January - 15.   

1976  Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford on January - 15.   

1976  US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit on January - 15.   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on January - 15.   

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  On January - 15 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV   

1981  On this day in history bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1984  On January - 15 hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak   

1985  On January - 15 civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president   

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

1985  Rose Bottle is born on this day in history.   

1985  Tancredo Neves becomes first elected President of Brazil in 21 years on January - 15.   

1986  Living Seas opens at World Showcase in EPCOT, Walt Disney World on January - 15.   

1986  On this day in history james H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83   

1987  Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58 on January - 15.   

1988  On this day in history arab uprising in Israel begins   

1988  On this day in history jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes   

1988  Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Madras, world Test record on this day in history.   

1988  Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 on January - 15.   

1989  On January - 15 big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble   

1989  Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000 on this day in history.   

1989  On January - 15 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  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)   

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

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

1345  On January - 15 death of martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler   

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

1595  Death of Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) on January - 15.   

1672  Death of John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594) on January - 15.