Page 9: Historical Events In January - 08

1975  On January - 08 judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison   

1975  On this day in history anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66   

1976  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

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  India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia on January - 08.   

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  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  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 January - 08.   

1985  On January - 08 japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet   

1986  On this day in history president Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US   

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

1988  Dow Jones down 140.58 points on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1989  On January - 08 soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons   

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

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  On January - 08 elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale   

1993  NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman on January - 08.   

1994  On this day in history 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  "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances on January - 08.   

1996  On January - 08 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  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

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

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

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

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

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

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on this day in history.   

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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