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Friday, 20 June 2025
1998 National Defence deploys 4,000 soldiers to help Hydro-Quebec with the worst ice storm damage; 1.3 million households will lose power in Eastern Ontario and Quebec on January - 08. 
1998 On this day in history roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
1998 Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer on January - 08.
1998 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life on this day in history.
1999 RailAmerica Inc. takes over the operation of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway from CP. The new company, known as E&N Railway Company (1998) Ltd, purchased the line between Port Alberni and Nanaimo and leased the section from Victoria to Nanaimo on this day in history.
2006 A powerful, magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin on January - 08.
2007 On this day in history russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine are cut as the Russia-Belarus energy dispute escalates; restored 3 days later.
2009 On this day in history a 6.2 magnitude earquake hit Coa Rica´s region of Volcan Poás, wi an epicenter near Cinchona. It was caused by Varablanca-Angel fault.
2010 On January - 08 the Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations.
2011 On this day in history attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords
2013 On this day in history 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
2014 40th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Josh Charles & Stana Katić win (Dramatic TV) on January - 08.
2017 On January - 08 74th Golden Globes: "Moonlight", Casey Affleck and Isabelle Huppert win
2018 On January - 08 uS record year for cost of natural disasters announced - $306 billion in 2017
2018 Self-declared republic of Somaliland passes its first ever law against rape on this day in history.
2018 On January - 08 college Football National Championship, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta: #4 Alabama beats #3 Georgia, 26-23
2020 US singer Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease, an infectious disease spread by ticks on January - 08.
2020 Persian Gulf crisis: Iran launches ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting American soldiers, injuring multiple personnel on January - 08.
2020 On January - 08 persian Gulf crisis: Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 is mistakenly shot down by Iran's armed forces shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport, killing all 176 people on board.
2021 Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declares a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding areas after COVID-19 cases surge to their highest level on January - 08.
2021 On this day in history uS Speaker Nancy Pelosi demands President Donald Trump 's resignation or he will face impeachment, while also calling for vice-president Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him
2023 On January - 08 supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attack Brazilian government buildings including the High Court and Presidential Palace, with over 1500 later arrested [1]
2023 The Beninese parliamentary election is held, with the Progressive Union for Renewal party winning a plurality of seats on January - 08.
2023 Following the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of Lula da Silva as President of Brazil, supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and the Presidential Palace of Planalto on January - 08.
2024 On January - 08 pope Francis says surrogate motherhood should be banned calling it "despicable" for commercializing pregnancy [1]
2024 conflict in Ecuador: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar from prison. The military was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew on this day in history.
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