Historical Events In January - 15

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup   

1991  On January - 15 uN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't)   

1992  On this day in history bulgaria recognizes Macedonia   

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  On January - 15 supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum   

1992  On this day in history the federation of Yugoslavia, intact since 1918, crumbles as the European Community recognizes the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.   

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

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 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  On January - 15 hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)   

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 this day in history.   

1995  Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 on this day in history.   

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  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  Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin on January - 15.   

1997  Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history 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 January - 15.   

2006  On this day in history 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 January - 15 birth of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

1507  Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher (Koran) was born on this day in history.   

1538  Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) was born on January - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1208  On this day in history death of peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered   

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

1481  Death of Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) on January - 15.   

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

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