Historical Events In January - 15

1974  On January - 15 expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures   

1974  Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1975  Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history space Mountain opens (Disneyland)   

1976  On January - 15 sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford   

1976  On January - 15 uS-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit   

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

1977  Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live" on January - 15.   

1978  On January - 15 theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman   

1978  On January - 15 margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy   

1981  On this day in history "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV   

1981  Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame on January - 15.   

1981  On this day in history emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92   

1982  Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76 on January - 15.   

1983  Dutch political party DS'70 disbands on this day in history.   

1983  Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard on January - 15.   

1983  Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs India on January - 15.   

1983  On January - 15 thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours   

1983  Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.   

1984  Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak on this day in history.   

1985  Civil rights activist Tancredo Neves elected president on this day in history.   

1985  On January - 15 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 this day in history.   

1986  On January - 15 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 January - 15 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 January - 15.   

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

1989  Big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble on this day in history.   

1989  Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000 on January - 15.   

1989  Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies on January - 15.   

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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 January - 15 birth of johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran)   

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

1567  On this day in history birth of black Box, [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)   

1622  On January - 15 birth of molière, French playwright (d. 1673)   

1671  Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 15 death of king Rudolph of France   

1208  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)   

1672  On this day in history death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)