Page 9: Historical Events In January - 08

1975  On this day in history judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison   

1975  Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66 on January - 08.   

1976  On January - 08 franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles   

1976  On January - 08 chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78   

1978  Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai on this day in history.   

1979  512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up on this day in history.   

1979  Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on this day in history.   

1979  Today Show gets a new theme song on January - 08.   

1979  On this day in history vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh   

1981  India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history american Telephone & Telegraph agrees to be broken up in settlement of an anti-trust suit filed in 1974.   

1982  On January - 08 aT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies   

1982  Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969 on this day in history.   

1982  On January - 08 statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate at 987,000 or 8.6% of the work force; highest since figures first taken in 1946.   

1985  Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet on January - 08.   

1986  President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US on January - 08.   

1987  On January - 08 the Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time.   

1988  On this day in history dow Jones down 140.58 points   

1988  On this day in history hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator   

1988  US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas on this day in history.   

1989  On January - 08 boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die   

1989  Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons on this day in history.   

1990  On January - 08 canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member.   

1991  On January - 08 gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame   

1992  US President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour on this day in history.   

1993  Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history nBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman   

1994  On this day in history rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60)   

1994  On this day in history russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit   

1994  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis   

1995  "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances on January - 08.   

1996  Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths on this day in history.   

1996  Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin announces he is quitting federal politics to run for the job of provincial Liberal leader and Premier of Newfoundland, only to return and get a plum government posting on this day in history.   

1996  For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on January - 08.   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

0624  On January - 08 abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.