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

1979  On January - 08 argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord   

1979  Today Show gets a new theme song on this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

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  On January - 08 aT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies   

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  On this day in history the Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time.   

1988  On this day in history dow Jones down 140.58 points   

1988  On January - 08 hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator   

1988  On January - 08 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas   

1989  Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die on this day in history.   

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

1990  Canada formally joins the Organization of American States (OAS) as its 33rd member on this day in history.   

1991  Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame on January - 08.   

1992  On this day in history uS President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour   

1993  On this day in history elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale   

1993  On January - 08 nBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman   

1994  Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60) on January - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances   

1996  On this day in history 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  For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame on January - 08.   

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

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

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

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

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

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

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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