Page 9: Historical Events In January - 08

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On January - 08 argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord   

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  On January - 08 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  Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969 on January - 08.   

1982  Statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate at 987,000 or 8.6% of the work force; highest since figures first taken in 1946 on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  On this day in history 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 January - 08 hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator   

1988  On January - 08 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas   

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

1989  On this day in history soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons   

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

1991  Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

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

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  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history for first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73