Page 9: 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 this day in history.   

1975  On January - 08 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  Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1986  On this day in history president Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US   

1987  The Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the first time on this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

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 this day in history 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 January - 08.   

1992  US President George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap during Japanese tour on January - 08.   

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

1993  On this day in history nBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman   

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

1994  On January - 08 russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit   

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 this day in history 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  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

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

1583  On this day in history 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 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  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.   

0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

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

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73