Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In January - 08
Monday, 15 September 2025
1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison on this day in history. 
1975 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66 on January - 08.
1976 Franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
1978 Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 American Telephone & Telegraph agrees to be broken up in settlement of an anti-trust suit filed in 1974 on this day in history.
1982 AT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history 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 On this day in history japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
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 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas on this day in history.
1989 On January - 08 boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
1989 On this day in history soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
1990 On this day in history canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member.
1991 Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame on this day in history.
1992 US President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour on this day in history.
1993 On January - 08 elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
1993 NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman on January - 08.
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60) on this day in history.
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 January - 08.
1995 "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances on January - 08.
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 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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