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What happened in history on this day: January 8?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 8 in ...
- 1982 - The US Justice Department decides to drop its antitrust suit against IBM, which was launched 13 years ago. One of its aims had been to break IBM up into several companies.
- 1992 - IBM announces price reductions of 10-16% on PS/2 systems.
- 1992 - IBM begins shipping a 386SX upgrade for the PS/2 Model 57SX, giving it up to 88% faster performance.
- 1997 - Intel releases the 166 MHz and 200 MHz Pentium processors with MMX multimedia extension instructions. Bus speed is 66 MHz. They incorporate 4.5 million transistors. Performance of the 200 MHz version is 350 MIPS. Code-name during development was P55C. MMX originally stood for "matrix-multiplication extensions".
- 1997 - Intel releases the 150 MHz and 166 MHz Pentium processors for notebook computers, with MMX multimedia extension instructions.
- 1998 - The International Consumer Electronics Show is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices launches the 850 MHz Duron processor. Price is US$149 in 1000 unit quantities.
- 2002 - Gateway warns that fourth quarter sales results will be 17 percent below expectations. Its stock value drops 25%.
- 2002 - IBM announces it will no longer manufacture desktop personal computers in most of the world. It will sell its desktop facilities in US and Europe to Sanmina-SCI.
- 1956 - The Mickey Mouse Club Circus closes in Disneyland.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring portions of the film Saludos Amigos.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fourth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Day of Reckoning.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the seventh "The Swamp Fox" episode, A Woman's Courage.
- 1962 - The Chicken Plantation Restaurant in Frontierland at Disneyland closes, and is torn down to make way for New Orleans Square.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Willie and the Yank: The Deserter, part one.
- 1969 - Disney submits to the U.S. Forest Service its master plan for a proposed Mineral King ski resort.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Three on the Run.
- 1981 - Disneyland welcomes its 200-millionth guest, Gert Schelvis.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, featuring Dinosaur... Secret of the Lost Legend.
- 1996 - St. Vincent issues 69 postage stamps depicting Disney characters in various occupations.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Miramax live-action feature film Little Voice to theaters in Great Britain.
- 1994 - In Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles auto Show is held, over nine days. Dick Guldstrand introduces the GS-90 Corvette, based on the Corvette ZR-1 chassis and engine, with aerodynamic body designed by Steve Winter.
- 1997 - The 1997 model Corvette is introduced in Canada, in Montreal.
- 2000 - At the Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona, Florida, the Corvette Racing group tests its two Corvette C5-R race cars. They place 1st and 3rd in GTO class.
- 1940 - The Soviet 44th Division ends all attacks on Finnish forces. Since the fighting began, the two Soviet divisions lost about 22,000 men, compared to the Finns' loss of about 2,700.
- 1941 - The Soviet general staff conducts war games over four days, to examine the possibilities of a German attack and Russian counter-attack. Two basic scenarios are considered, one concentrating on the northwest (Lithuania and East Prussia), the other on a Southwestern Army Group attack south of Brest-Litovsk. An initial defensive stage of the war is not simulated. Both attack scenarious show overall difficulties, but the southern approach is shown to advance 55-100 miles into Poland.
- 1943 - The British Combined Chiefs of Staff agree to immediate use of H2S target finding in bombers over enemy territory.
- 1943 - In Canada, National Research Council's acting head Chalmers Mackenzie is informed that the Canadian government would shortly be requested by the British to do research into ice ships, project Habbakuk.
- 1944 - In the North Atlantic, the Royal Canadian Navy corvette Camrose and the British frigate Bayntun sink German submarine U-757.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler orders panzers to withdraw from the farthest reach of the bulge in France.
- 1991 - American Video Entertainment files a US$105 million lawsuit against Nintendo, accusing the company of violation of anti-trust laws, by trying to prevent compatible game cartridges into the marketplace. American Video Entertainment had developed technology to allow their game cartridges to be played on Nintendo machines.
- 1993 - At the Winter CES show, Jeff Hansen again defeats Yuichi Suyama, remaining World Nintendo Champion for 1993.
- 1994 - At the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, representatives of the video game industry begin drafting a common rating system for content of video games.
- 1994 - Sega announces it is withdrawing the Night Trap video game for re-editing, and will re-release the game when a common rating system is in place.
- 2005 - Over night, violent storm Gudrun sweeps across the southern half of the country, the worst storm since 1969, and one of the worst natural catastrophes in recorded Swedish history. Storm gusts reached 150 km/hour, knocking down 250 million trees, the equivalent of a year's normal harvest of 80 million cubic metres throughout the country. Seven die in the storm, another nine die in clean-up work. 500,000 households are left with no electricity, and the Öresund bridge is closed to road traffic.
- 1987 - The federal government authorizes a new design for the circulating $1 coin, for introduction in July.
- 1987 - Royal Canadian Mint officials report that master dies for the new $1 coin were lost or stolen while being shipped by courier from Ottawa to Winnipeg. The new design is announced as one that features a loon, designed by Ralph-Robert Carmichael.
- 1897 - Michael Eagan wins first US national amateur handball championship.
- 1900 - Billy Bates cricketer (656 runs and 50 wickets in 15 Tests for England), dies.
- 1901 - New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes.
- 1902 - First National Bowling Championship held (Chicago Illinois).
- 1909 - Birth of Bruce Mitchell cricketer (South African bat, their top run-scorer (3471)).
- 1913 - Birth of Horace Smith cricketer (New Zealand, only Test wicket off his first ball (Paynter)).
- 1913 - Frank Chance becomes New York Yankees manager.
- 1923 - Birth of Johnny Wardle cricketer (Yorkshire and England left-arm bowler of 50's).
- 1930 - Birth of Doreen Wilber US, archer (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1931 - Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses.
- 1934 - Birth of Jacques Anquetil France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner).
- 1938 - Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs Queensland (first innings).
- 1946 - Birth of Elaine Cheris Dotham Alabama, fencer-epee (Olympics-1996).
- 1947 - Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores five goals in a game.
- 1949 - Birth of Lawrence Rowe cricketer (prolific West Indies batsman, 302 vs England 1974).
- 1950 - George Rowe cricketer (15 wickets in four Tests for South Africa 1895-1902), dies.
- 1952 - Birth of Norm Jarvis Prince Albert Sask, golfer (1984 Chilliwack).
- 1953 - Birth of Bruce Sutter pitcher (Chicago Cubs, Saint Louis Cardinals, Braves).
- 1953 - Cleveland Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts).
- 1955 - Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 points.
- 1955 - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak.
- 1955 - Louise Sugg wins LPGA Los Angeles Golf Open.
- 1959 - Birth of Michael Harwood Sydney New South Wales, Australasia golfer.
- 1961 - Birth of Shoaib Mohammad cricketer (son of Hanif Patient and prolific batsman).
- 1962 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th.
- 1963 - Birth of Hiromi Kobayashi Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple).
- 1964 - Birth of Virgil Hill Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 1965 - Birth of Champaka Ramanayake cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler).
- 1965 - Birth of Eric Wohlberg Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Darryl Hall Canadian Football League linebacker (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1967 - Birth of Hollis Conway Chicago Illinois, high jumper (Olympics-silver/bronze-88, 92).
- 1967 - Birth of Kent Jones Portales New Mexico, golfer (NM State Amateur-1990-91).
- 1967 - Birth of Roger Rowland Jacksonville Florida, Nike golfer (1990 Macon Open-second).
- 1967 - Birth of Willie Anderson US, NBA guard (New York Knicks, Olympics-bronze-1988).
- 1968 - Birth of Alexander Alexeev NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
- 1968 - Birth of Brian Johnson Oakland California, catcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Duane Croghan Akron Ohio, 3k steeplechase (Olympics-5th-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Paul Carey US baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1969 - Birth of Brian Boehringer Saint Louis Missouri, pitcher (New York Yankees).
- 1970 - Birth of Jon Klemm Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche).
- 1971 - Birth of Billy Joe Hobert NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders).
- 1971 - Birth of Branislav Janos hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Darren Langdon Deere Lake, NHL left wing (New York Rangers).
- 1971 - Birth of Jason Giambi West Covina California, infielder (Oakland Athletics).
- 1971 - Birth of Roosevelt Potts NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - Birth of Stephane Barin hockey forward (Team France 1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Brandie Burton San Bernardino California, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier Ltd).
- 1972 - Birth of Devlin Murphy Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall.
- 1973 - Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG.
- 1974 - Birth of Arjan Blaauw Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen).
- 1974 - Birth of Brian Roberson wide receiver (New York Giants).
- 1975 - Birth of Vitali Yachmenev Chelyabinsk Russia, NHL right wing (Los Angeles Kings).
- 1976 - Birth of Brad Snyder Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-1996).
- 1980 - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Vancouver Canucks 3-0.
- 1980 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in five sports.
- 1981 - India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia.
- 1981 - Cincinatti Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner).
- 1984 - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams.
- 1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee Bucks) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games.
- 1987 - P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies.
- 1988 - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons.
- 1988 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas.
- 1991 - Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins, and Rod Carew elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - Tamás Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36).
- 1993 - Chicago Bulls player Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point.
- 1994 - Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68.
- 1994 - Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60).
- 1994 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis.
- 1995 - Carlos Monzon [El Macho], Argentine middleweight boxing champion (1970-77), dies at 52.
- 1995 - Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1996 - For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1998 - New York Giants' general manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position.
- 2002 - Juan Gonzalez agrees to a $24 million, two-year deal with the Texas Rangers.
- 1760 - Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth.
- 1973 - USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing.
- 1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-18 is launched into orbit. Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7 day orbit on the Mir space station, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.
- 1998 - Cosmologists announce that the universe's expansion rate is increasing.
- 2005 - Over night, violent storm Gudrun sweeps across the southern half of Sweden, the worst storm in the country since 1969, and one of the worst natural catastrophes in recorded Swedish history. Storm gusts reached 150 km/hour, knocking down 250 million trees, the equivalent of a year's normal harvest of 80 million cubic metres throughout the country. Seven die in the storm, another nine die in clean-up work. 500,000 households are left with no electricity, and the Öresund bridge is closed to road traffic.
- 2006 - A powerful, magnitude 6.9 earthquake centered off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera shakes much of Greece and is felt throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin.
Other history:
- 1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlines his fourteen points for peace after the Great War.
- 1926 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia.
- 1956 - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single).
- 1959 - Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic.
- 2004 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the RMS Queen Mary 2 cruise liner, the largest ocean liner in the world.
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What's Notable About this Year?
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