{"id":17367,"date":"2024-01-08T00:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T19:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=17367"},"modified":"2024-01-08T17:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T11:39:57","slug":"history-of-8-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-8-january\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 8 January\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 8 January\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> &#8211; American Telephone &amp; Telegraph (AT&amp;T) settled the Justice Department&#8217;s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Justice Department withdrew an antitrust suit against IBM.<br \/>\n<strong>1987<\/strong> &#8211; The Dow Jones industrial average closed over the 2000 mark for the first time at 2,002.25.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President George H.W. Bush\u00a0collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo. White House officials said Bush was suffering from stomach flu.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; Bosnian President Izetbegovic visited the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0to plead his government&#8217;s case for Western military aid and intervention to halt Serbian aggression.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> &#8211; Tonya Harding won the ladies&#8217; U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit,\u00a0MI, a day after Nancy Kerrigan dropped out because of a clubbing attack that injured her right knee. The\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Figure Skating Association later took the title from Harding because of her involvement in the attack.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Mister Rogers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Ramzi Yousef was sentenced to life in prison for his role of mastermind behind the World Trade Center bombing in New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; Scientists announced that they had discovered that galaxies were accelerating and moving apart and at faster speeds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; The top two executives of Salt Lake City&#8217;s Olympic Organizing Committee resigned amid disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; British Prime Minister Tony Blair concluded a three-day visit to South Africa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong> &#8211; The rate for U.S. First Class mail was raised to 39\u00a2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong> &#8211; In Egypt, archeologists entered a 4,300 year old pyramid and discovered the mummy of Queen Sesheshet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>\u2013 Gunmen from an offshoot the\u00a0Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda\u00a0attack a bus\u00a0carrying the\u00a0Togo national football team\u00a0on its way to the\u00a02010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>\u2013 The attempted assassination of\u00a0Arizona\u00a0Representative\u00a0Gabrielle Giffords\u00a0and subsequent\u00a0shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n, widely regarded as the world&#8217;s most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gr\u00e9goire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (b. 1919)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th\u00a0Governor of Oregon\u00a0(b. 1913)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Gale Page, American actress (b. 1910)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist and academic (b. 1912)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (b. 1906)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Metin G\u00f6ktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st\u00a0President of France\u00a0(b. <strong>1916<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Howard Taubman, American author and critic (b. 1907)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic,\u00a0Nobel Prize\u00a0laureate (b. 1911)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic,\u00a0Nobel Prize\u00a0laureate (b. 1916)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded\u00a0Wendy&#8217;s\u00a0(b. 1932)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2003<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2006<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician,\u00a0Minister for Sport and the Olympics\u00a0(b. 1943)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician,\u00a0Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills\u00a0(b. 1916)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1922)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (b. 1953)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1925)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1923)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan Journalist (b. 1958)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ji\u0159\u00ed Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Thorbj\u00f8rn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0John Madin, English architect, designed the\u00a0Birmingham Central Library\u00a0(b. 1924)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bernhard Schrader, German chemist and academic (b. 1931)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (b. 1929)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded\u00a0PFLAG\u00a0(b. 1920)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (b. 1928)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (b. 1941)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andra\u00e9 Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd\u00a0Attorney-General for Australia\u00a0(b. 1926)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (b. 1921)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (b. 1926)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian &amp; talent manager (b. 1933)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0James Mancham, Seychellois politician (b. 1939)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (b. 1934)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2017<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 8 January\u00a0 1982 &#8211; American Telephone &amp; Telegraph (AT&amp;T) settled the Justice Department&#8217;s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies. 1982 &#8211; The U.S. Justice Department withdrew an antitrust suit against IBM. 1987 &#8211; The Dow Jones industrial average closed over the 2000 mark for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[82],"tags":[83,999,498],"class_list":{"0":"post-17367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-history","8":"tag-history","9":"tag-history-of-8-january","10":"tag-todays-history"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/today-history-img.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pab1DJ-4w7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24131,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17367\/revisions\/24131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}