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 January - 08 franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles   

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  On this day in history argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord   

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

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

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  On January - 08 aT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies   

1982  Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969 on this day in history.   

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  President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US on January - 08.   

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 January - 08 hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator   

1988  US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

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 this day in history rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60)   

1994  Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit on January - 08.   

1994  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis on January - 08.   

1995  "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths   

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 January - 08.   

1996  For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on January - 08.   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.