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  On January - 08 anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66   

1976  Franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles on January - 08.   

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

1978  On this day in history israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai   

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  On this day in history today Show gets a new theme song   

1979  Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh on January - 08.   

1981  On this day in history india all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia   

1982  On January - 08 american Telephone & Telegraph agrees to be broken up in settlement of an anti-trust suit filed in 1974.   

1982  AT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies on January - 08.   

1982  On this day in history justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969   

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet   

1986  President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US on this day in history.   

1987  The Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time on this day in history.   

1988  Dow Jones down 140.58 points on January - 08.   

1988  Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator on January - 08.   

1988  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas   

1989  Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die on January - 08.   

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

1990  Canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member on this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

1993  Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale on January - 08.   

1993  On January - 08 nBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman   

1994  On January - 08 rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60)   

1994  Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit on this day in history.   

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

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

1996  On this day in history blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths   

1996  On January - 08 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   

1996  On January - 08 for first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

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

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

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

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on January - 08.   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.   

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

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

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

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

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73