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  On this day in history franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles   

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

1978  On January - 08 israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai   

1979  On January - 08 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up   

1979  Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on January - 08.   

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

1979  On January - 08 vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh   

1981  On January - 08 india all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia   

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

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

1982  On January - 08 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  Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet on January - 08.   

1986  On January - 08 president Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US   

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

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  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 January - 08.   

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

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

1994  On January - 08 russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit   

1994  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history "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  For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on January - 08.   

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

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

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

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

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

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

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 this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  On this day in history 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 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 January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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