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01/08/1986
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Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
Type: Death
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01/08/1987
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Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25)
Type: Event
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01/08/1987
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Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Type: Event
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01/08/1987
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P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1987
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Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot and Cold), dies at 69
Type: Death
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01/08/1988
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9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
Type: Event
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01/08/1988
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Dow Jones down 140.58 points
Type: Event
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01/08/1988
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Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
Type: Event
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01/08/1988
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
Type: Event
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01/08/1988
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Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
Type: Death
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01/08/1989
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"42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 3,486 perfs
Type: Event
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01/08/1989
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"Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 761 perfs
Type: Event
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01/08/1989
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Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
Type: Event
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01/08/1989
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Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Type: Event
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01/08/1989
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Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/08/1989
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Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
Type: Death
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01/08/1989
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Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/08/1990
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Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
Type: Death
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01/08/1991
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"Davis Rules," with Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
Type: Event
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01/08/1991
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Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins and Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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01/08/1991
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Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try
Type: Event
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01/08/1991
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Tam s Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36)
Type: Event
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01/08/1991
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Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
Type: Death
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01/08/1992
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George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap
Type: Event
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01/08/1992
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Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1992
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Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1992
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Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
Type: Death
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01/08/1993
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Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
Type: Event
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01/08/1993
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Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
Type: Event
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01/08/1993
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Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
Type: Event
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01/08/1993
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NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman
Type: Event
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01/08/1993
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Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1993
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Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
Type: Death
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01/08/1993
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Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60)
Type: Event
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01/08/1994
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Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
Type: Event
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01/08/1994
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
Type: Event
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01/08/1994
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Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
Type: Death
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01/08/1994
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Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
Type: Death
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01/08/1995
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"Guys and Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1143 perfs
Type: Event
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01/08/1995
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15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
Type: Event
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01/08/1995
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Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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01/08/1995
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Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
Type: Death
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01/08/1995
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Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/08/1995
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Louis "Loulou" Gast‚, guitarist/comp (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88
Type: Death
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