Historical Events In January - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 this day in history anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
1976 On this day in history franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
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 January - 08.
1979 On this day in history 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
1979 Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord on January - 08.
1979 On January - 08 today Show gets a new theme song
1979 Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh on this day in history.
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 January - 08.
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 this day in history 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 January - 08 japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
1986 On this day in history president Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US
1987 On this day in history the Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time.
1988 Dow Jones down 140.58 points on January - 08.
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 this day in history.
1989 On this day in history boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
1989 On this day in history soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
1990 Canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member on January - 08.
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 this day in history.
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60) on this day in history.
1994 On January - 08 russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
1994 On January - 08 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 January - 08.
1996 Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths on January - 08.
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 On January - 08 for first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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