Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In January - 08
Monday, 30 June 2025
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 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 January - 08.
1978 Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai on January - 08.
1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up on this day in history.
1979 Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on this day in history.
1979 Today Show gets a new theme song on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
1981 On this day in history 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 Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969 on January - 08.
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 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet on January - 08.
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 On this day in history dow Jones down 140.58 points
1988 On this day in history hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
1988 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas on January - 08.
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 this day in history.
1991 Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame on January - 08.
1992 US President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
1993 NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman on this day in history.
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60) on January - 08.
1994 On January - 08 russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
1994 On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
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 January - 08.
1996 On this day in history 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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