Historical Events In January - 08

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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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

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 this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73