Page 9: 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 January - 08 anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66   

1976  Franklin Mint strikes first gold coins for Netherlands Antilles on January - 08.   

1976  Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up   

1979  On this day in history argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord   

1979  On January - 08 today Show gets a new theme song   

1979  Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh on January - 08.   

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 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  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  Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet on January - 08.   

1986  On January - 08 president Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US   

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

1988  On January - 08 dow Jones down 140.58 points   

1988  Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator on this day in history.   

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

1989  On January - 08 boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die   

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  On this day in history gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame   

1992  On January - 08 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1996  Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths on this day in history.   

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

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

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

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

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

1628  On January - 08 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  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.   

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

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on this day in history.   

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

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.