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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 Franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles on January - 08.
1976 Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 on this day in history.
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 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 India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1982 On January - 08 justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969
1982 On January - 08 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 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 January - 08.
1988 Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator on this day in history.
1988 On January - 08 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
1989 On this day in history boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
1989 Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons on January - 08.
1990 Canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame
1992 On January - 08 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 this day in history.
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 "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances on this day in history.
1996 Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths on this day in history.
1996 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 on this day in history.
1996 On January - 08 for first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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