Birthdates Which Occur on January 8:
1081 Heinrich V Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
1583 Simon Episcopius Dutch bishop/theologist
1587 Johannes Fabricius Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
1628 Fran‡ois de Montmorency-Bouteville duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
1632 Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
1658 Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
1668 Jean Gilles composer
1767 Abraham de Veer Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
1777 Filippo Traetta Italy, composer/musicologist
1779 John White composer
1786 Nicholas Biddle made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
1787 Johann Ludwig Bohner composer
1788 Erik Drake composer
1791 Jacob Collamer (Sen-Vt)
1792 Lowell Mason Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)
1812 Sigismond Fortune Fran‡ois Thalberg composer
and William Henry Holmes composer
1814 Johannes Kneppelhout [Klikspaan], Dutch writer
and Thomas Green Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1815 George Webb Morell Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
and Lawrence Pike Graham Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1817 John Selden Roane Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
1821 James Longstreet Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV)
1822 Alfredo Carlo Piatti composer
1823 Alfred Russel Wallace British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)
1824 Per August Olander composer
and William Wilkie Collins English novelist (Woman in White)
1830 Gouverneur Kemble Warren Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
and Hans von Blow Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
1836 Fannie M Jackson pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
and Lawrence Alma Tadema Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps
1846 Albert Cahen composer
and William Wallace Gilchrist composer
1851 G‚rard Leman Belgian count/general
1860 Nancy Jones US black missionary in Africa
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)
1863 Paul Scheerbart [Bruno Kfer], German writer (The Seasnake)
1867 Emily Balch US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
1868 Frank Dyson proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja dictator of Spain (1923-30)
1873 Lucien Capet composer
1883 Josue Teofilo Wilkes composer
1885 John Curtin Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)
1888 Matt Moore County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)
and Richard Courant German/US mathematician (What is mathematics?)
1889 Paul Hartmann Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle)
1891 Bronislava Nijinska ballet choreographer
and Storm Jameson English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor‚)
and Walter Bothe Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
1892 Werner Wehrli composer
1896 Jaromir Weinberger Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
and Manuel Rojas Sepulveda Chile, writer (Men of the South)
1899 Solomon WRD Bandaranaike premier of Ceylon (1956-59)
19-- Ann Schedeen Portland Ore, actress (Alf, Paper Dolls, Marcus Welby)
and Bob Eubanks Flint Mich, TV host (Newlywed Game)
and Lydia Bruce [Slubowski], Detroit MI, entertainer
and Maria Pitillo actress (Ryan's Hope)
and Melissa Hill XXX actress
1900 Queen Marie of Yugoslavia
1901 Edmond Vandercammen French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
1902 Alexander Gray Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
and Carl R[ansom] Rogers US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
and Georgy M Malenkov Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55)
and Gret Palucca German dancer/choreography (Deranged/Silent Song)
1903 Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)
1904 Peter Arno NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
1905 Carl Gustav Hempel German Logical Positivist philosopher
and Giacinto Scelsi composer
1906 Jacob C van Marken Dutch peanut butter maker (Calv‚-Delft)
and John AHJS Bruins editor in chief (illegal) Trouw/ARP
and Serge Poliakoff Russian/French painter/guitarist
1908 William Hartnell London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot)
1909 Jos‚ Ferrer Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac)
1910 Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], LA Calif, actor
1911 Andrej Ocenas composer
and Butterfly McQueen [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
1912 Jose Ferrer Santurce PR, actor/director
and Rudolf G Escher Dutch composer (Le vrai visage de la paix)
1914 Charles Borromeo Mills composer
1917 Peter Taylor US writer
and Stanley Prager NYC, comedian (College Bowl)
1920 Hendrikus J Wittebold civil servant/resistance fighter
1922 Abbey Simon NYC, pianist
1923 Giorgio Tozzi Chicago Illinois, basso
and Iva Michiels [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
and Joseph Wiezenbaum artificial intelligence pioneer
and Larry Storch NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
1924 Antai Ribari composer
and Benjamin Lees [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
and Robert Starer Vienna Austria, composer
and Ron Moody London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
1925 James Saunders English chemist/playwright (Ark)
1926 Evelyn Lear Brooklyn NY, soprano
and Jani Christou composer
and Soupy Sales [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
1928 Sander Vanocur Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
1930 Doreen Wilber US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1931 Bill Graham Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore)
and May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], NYC, actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark)
1933 Charles Osgood NYC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News)
and Jean-Marie Straub France, director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach)
1934 Jacques Anquetil France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner)
and Piet Dankert Dutch politician (PvdA)
and Roy Kinnear Lancashire England, actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers)
1935 Elvis Aaron Presley Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
and Nolan Miller Burkburnett Tx, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat)
1936 Ferdinand Hartzenberg South African minister of Education (1979-82)
1937 Robert Moran composer
and Shirley Bassey Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker)
1939 Yvette Mimieux Hollywood Cal, actr (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are)
1940 Anthony Gaurdine (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head)
and Cristy Lane US, (actress?)
and Little Anthony [Anthony Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials)
1941 Graham Chapman England, comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
and Robby Krieger rocker (Doors)
1942 Stephen Hawking English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
and Vyacheslav D Zudov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
1943 Lee Jackson rocker (Nice)
and Marcus Hutson rock vocalist (Whispers)
1944 Terry Brooks US, sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara)
1945 John Peters rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre)
1946 Kathleen Noone actress (All My Children, Claudia-Knots Landing)
and Robbie Kreiger LA Calif, guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire)
and Tod Brannan
1947 David Bowie [Jones], London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
and Igor Ivanov Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- )
and Terry Sylvester rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe)
1948 Gillies Mackinnon director (Playboys)
1951 John McTiernan Albany NY, actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)
and Paul Dresher composer
1952 Lauri Walters SF Calif, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment)
1953 Bruce Sutter pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
1955 Mike Reno Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)
1960 Jolanda Egger Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983)
1964 Peter [Ped] Gill rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5 8]
and Virgil Hill Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1966 Loretta Lee [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost)
1967 Hollis Conway high jumper (Olympic-silver-1988)
and Willie Anderson US, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
1968 Ami Dolenz LA Calif, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love)
1971 Brenda Lee Armstrong Albert Lea Minn, Miss Minn-America (1991)
1974 Arjan Blaauw soccer player (FC Groningen)
1975 Jenny Lewis Las Vegas Nv, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy)
1977 Ryan Frances actor (Trevor-Sisters)
1979 Sequoyah chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
1982 Gaby Hoffman actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck)
Deaths Which Occured January 8:
482 Severinus German monastery founder/saint, dies
624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb Kurashietenstamhoofd, dies in battle
0482 Severinus saint, dies
1198 Coelestinus III [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1324 Marco Polo Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
1336 Giotto di Bondone Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
1455 Laurentius Justitianus [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies
1567 Jacob Vaet Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
1598 Johan Georg ruler of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies
1642 Galileo Galilei Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 78 in Italy
1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano composer, dies at 56
1696 Michael de Ronghe composer, dies at 75
1711 Philips Van Almonde Swiss Naval supervisor/lt-admiral, dies at 66
1713 Arcangelo Corelli composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
1775 John Baskerville English printer/type designer, dies at 68
1790 John Stinstra baptist vicar, dies at 81
1796 Jean Marie Collot d'herbois French actor, dies
1808 Messenger horse that sired many great trotters, dies
1811 Samuel Story spy (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
1815 Edward Pakenham Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
1819 Christian Gottlob Saupe composer, dies at 56
1831 Franz Vinzenz Krommer composer, dies at 71
1842 Pierre earl the Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba), dies
1858 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt composer, dies at 48
1859 Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
1864 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen composer, dies at 83
1880 Norton I Emperor of US/Protector of M‚xico, dies
1891 Fredrik Pacius composer, dies at 81
1892 John Heykamp old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
1896 Paul M Verlaine French poet (El‚gies, Bonne Chanson), dies
1906 Jacob C of Marken founder (Calv‚-Delft), dies
1907 Theodoor Verstraete Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
1918 Michael Hertz composer, dies at 73
1919 Richard Engl„nder [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59
1921 Luis Villalba Munoz composer, dies at 48
1922 Charles R Young colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
1926 Emile Paladilhe composer, dies at 82
1928 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu composer, dies at 61
1934 Alexandre Stavisky French swindler, dies
1937 John Felix August Korling composer, dies at 72
1941 Lord Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies
Robert Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies
1942 Arvo Hannikainen composer, dies at 44
1945 Jac[obus] P Th˜sse biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
1948 Richard Tauber Austria/British tenor/composer (L‚har), dies
1950 Joseph A Schumpeter Austrian/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies
Joseph Issac Shneerson Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
1952 Antonia Maury discoverer of supergiant, giant & dwarf stars, dies
1953 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid composer, dies at 78
1963 Stark Young US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
1964 Julius Raab Austrian union chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
1965 Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod composer, dies at 74
1967 Zbigniew Cybulski actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
1970 Jani Christou composer, dies on 44th birthday
1971 Adriano Lualdi composer, dies at 85
1975 Anthony Warde actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
Gertrude Olmsted actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70
John Dierkes actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69
John Gregson actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55
Louis J H C A de Bourbon writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies
Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies
1976 Chou En-lai China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Peking at 78
1978 Walter Keirnan TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
1980 Oscar Ewing US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1981 Matthew Beard entertainer, dies
Woody Chamblis actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
1982 Gregoire Aslan actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
Reta Shaw actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 69
1983 Gale Page actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
Lois Wilson actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1986 Yaroslav Seifert Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
1987 Peter Adams actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), dies at 69
1988 Frank Pace Jr US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
1989 Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher] Dutch folk singer, dies
Kenneth McMillan actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
1990 Terry-Thomas actor (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
1991 Steve Clark guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
1992 Abderrahim Bouabid Moroccan politician, dies
Johnny [Jan] Me˜er king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
Menachim Begin Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
1993 Asif Nawaz Pakistani general, dies
Hakija Turajlic Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
Theo Bruins pianist/composer (Syncopation), dies
1994 Edward Duke actor, dies of cancer at 40
Harvey Haddix pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
Jay Blackton US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
Lady Caithness wife of Brit minister of Transport, commits suicide
Pat Buttram actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies at 78 of kidney failure
Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
Vittorio Mezzogiorno Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
1995 Carlos Monzon [El Macho], Argentine middle weight boxer, dies
Louis "Loulou" Gast‚ French guitarist/composer, dies
1996 Fran‡ois Mitterand pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79
Holidays Which Occur January 8:
Louisiana Battle of New Orleans/Old Hickory Day/Jackson Day (1815)
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Day (1978/1986)
Religious Observances on January 8:
Orthodox St Dominique's Day
RC Erhard, bishop to Regensburg
RC Feast of St Severinus
RC Gudula, daughter of St Amalberga/patron of Brussels
RC Theodorus, abbot of Chora
Jewish Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5758
Things to Remember for January 8:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
12 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
Last day a ball club can re-sign its own free agents until May 1
[Ancient Rome] (a d vj Id Jan)
[Greece] Midwife's Day/Women's Day
[UN] World Literacy Day
Highlights in History Which Occur January 8:
624 Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
794 Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Northmen
871 Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1198 Lotario di Segni becomes Pope Innocentius III
1214 Earl Ferrand van Flanders drops association with France
1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of
Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews
and Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
1705 Georg F H„ndels 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg
1716 Mob leader "Sjako" arrested
1745 England, Austria, Neth & Saxon signs anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling
1790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or 0104)
1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
1800 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi
and Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
1806 Cape colony becomes English colony
and Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon
1811 Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes
1815 Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew
1830 King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament leaders
1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
1838 1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, NJ
and Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
1842 King Willem II signs rights of Technical Hague court at Delf
1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
1853 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash
1856 Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif
1857 Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC
1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto
1870 US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins
1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold Ii's police & Henry Morton Stanley
1884 Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
1889 Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine
1894 A Charlois discovers asteroids #379 Huenna & #380 Fiducia
and Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
1905 P Gotz discovers asteroids #554 Peraga & #556 Phyllis
1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #660 Crescentia
1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
and Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I
1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam
1925 1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
and CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
1930 Belgium Princess Marie Jos‚ marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1152 Pawona
1931 Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1932 Ratification of present SF City Charter
1934 Cut Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam
and H L Giclas discovers asteroid #3177
1935 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
1937 -50øF (-45øC), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1409 Isko, #1410 Margret & #1411 Brauna
1940 Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns
1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes
1947 Gen George Marshall becomes Sect of State
and Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
1948 M Laugier discovers asteroid #2068 Dangreen
and Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dike for treason
1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda
1952 Jordan adopts constitution
1953 Ren‚ Mayer forms French govt
1954 S Arend discovers asteroid #1717 Arlon
"Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
and Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs,
1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
and Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
and WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
and Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 &
stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic
1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
1963 D Sjostakovitsj' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga
1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
and President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
1965 Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass)
and Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
and Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
and Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV
1970 H Potter & A Lokalov discovers asteroid #2975
1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island, Calif
and Voyageurs National Park, Minn established
1972 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
and NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1973 Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris
and USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
1974 E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in NYC
and Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
and Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III,
and L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #2375
Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison
1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
1978 Israeli govt votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
and Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
and Today Show gets a new theme song
1980 Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
and NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1981 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2367 Praha
1982 AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies
and Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3277 Aaronson, #3759 & #3760
and J Wagner discovers asteroids #3045 Alois, #3512, #3562 & #3589
and NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
and Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Phila 7-1
1985 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
1987 1st time, Dow Jones avg surpassed 2,000, closing at 2,002.25
and Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25)
and Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1988 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
and Dow Jones down 140.58 points
and Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
1989 Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
and Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
1991 "Davis Rules," with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
and Tam s Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36)
1992 George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap
1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60)
and Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
1962 Dutch express train crashed into rear of a slow commuter
train, killing 91. (Woerden, Netherlands)
Your Special Reminders for January 8:
1930 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1968 2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 8th day of year with 357 remaining (Numerology = 9)
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