Historical Events In January - 08

1975  Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison on January - 08.  

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 January - 08.  

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

1978  On this day in history israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai  

1979  512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up on January - 08.  

1979  Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on January - 08.  

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 January - 08.  

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

1982  On this day in history aT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies  

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 this day in history.  

1985  On January - 08 japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet  

1986  President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US on January - 08.  

1987  On January - 08 the Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time.  

1988  Dow Jones down 140.58 points on this day in history.  

1988  Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator on January - 08.  

1988  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas  

1989  Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die on January - 08.  

1989  Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons on January - 08.  

1990  On January - 08 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  On this day in history uS President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour  

1993  Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale on January - 08.  

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  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 January - 08.  

1996  On January - 08 blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths  

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  

1996  On this day in history for first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame  

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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  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.  

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.  

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)  

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  

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

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist  

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

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle  

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

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.  

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.