January 15

Monday 15, 1990:

AT&T's long distance telephone network suffers a cascade switching failure.

Wednesday 15, 1986:

The HBO and Cinemax pay cable television services initiate scrambling of their national satellite feeds on Galaxy 1 with the Videocipher II system.

Saturday 15, 1966:

1966- First Military Coup in Nigeria, government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown.

Wednesday 15, 1777:

American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.

Thursday 15, 1559:

Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle, instead of the Archbishop of Canterbury.