Page 9: Historical Events In January - 15

1990  On January - 15 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds   

1990  On January - 15 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins   

1990  On January - 15 a computer problem disrupts AT&T's long distance telephone service around the U.S. for nearly nine hours.   

1990  AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't)   

1992  Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia on January - 15.   

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  Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Joseph Doherty isn't entitled to asylum on January - 15.   

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

1993  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1993  On January - 15 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  On January - 15 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  Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 on this day in history.   

1995  Western Washington begins using new area code 360 on this day in history.   

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  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 January - 15.   

1997  On this day in history space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station   

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  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 this day in history.   

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1432  Afonso V "the African", king of Portugal (1438-1481) was born on January - 15.   

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

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

1538  On January - 15 birth of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)   

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 January - 15.   

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  Death of King Rudolph of France on this day in history.   

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  On January - 15 death of ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)   

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

1672  On January - 15 death of john Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)