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Historical Events In January - 08

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

1975  Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  Franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On January - 08 chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On this day in history today Show gets a new theme song  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On this day in history vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On this day in history american Telephone & Telegraph agrees to be broken up in settlement of an anti-trust suit filed in 1974.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On this day in history aT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On January - 08 japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On January - 08 the Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Dow Jones down 140.58 points on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On January - 08 canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On this day in history uS President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60) on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On January - 08 blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On this day in history for first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In January - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In January - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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