100 years anniversary |
08 Jan 1924
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birth
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Antai Ribari: Composer
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08 Jan 1924
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birth
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Benjamin Lees [Lysniansky]: Harbin, Manchuria -- Composer
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08 Jan 1924
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birth
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Robert Starer: Vienna, Austria -- Composer
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08 Jan 1924
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birth
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Ron Moody: London, England -- Actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
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08 Jan 1924
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birth
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Ron Moody, English actor and singer |
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08 Jan 1924
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birth
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Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010) |
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08 Jan 1924
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history
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WW2
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Yi Gang, Prince Imperial Eui, was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum of Japan.
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08 Jan 1924
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history
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WW2
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Su Yu ran away from home.
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75 years anniversary |
08 Jan 1949
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event
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"Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
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08 Jan 1949
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event
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"My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
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08 Jan 1949
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event
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"Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
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08 Jan 1949
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birth
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Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer |
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08 Jan 1949
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birth
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John Podesta, American lawyer and politician; 20th White House Chief of Staff |
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08 Jan 1949
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history
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WW2
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Yoshijiro Umezu passed away from rectal cancer while in imprisonment in Tokyo, Japan.
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50 years anniversary |
08 Jan 1974
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birth
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Arjan Blaauw: Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
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08 Jan 1974
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birth
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Brian Roberson: Wide receiver (New York Giants)
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08 Jan 1974
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event
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Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
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08 Jan 1974
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event
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Loch Ness Monster photographed
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08 Jan 1974
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event
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Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
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20 years anniversary |
08 Jan 2004
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event
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The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. |
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08 Jan 2004
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death
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John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930) |
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08 Jan 2004
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death
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Charles Brown, American actor (b. 1946) |
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08 Jan 2004
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music
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The estate of George Harrison started a $10 million (£5.8 million) legal action against Dr Gilbert Lederman of Staten Island University Hospital, claiming the doctor coerced Harrison to sign souvenirs. The main allegations of the legal action was that Dr Lederman got an extremely sick Harrison to sign his son's guitar and autographs for his two daughters.
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15 years anniversary |
08 Jan 2009
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event
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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. |
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08 Jan 2009
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death
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Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist and lawyer (b. 1958) |
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08 Jan 2009
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death
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Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American priest and author (b. 1936) |
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08 Jan 2009
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death
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Don Galloway, American actor (b. 1937) |
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10 years anniversary |
08 Jan 2014
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death
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Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939) |
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08 Jan 2014
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death
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Armen Mazmanyan, Armenian actor and director (b. 1960) |
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08 Jan 2014
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death
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Josef Lammerz, German organist and composer (b. 1930) |
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08 Jan 2014
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death
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Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925) |
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08 Jan 2014
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death
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Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (b. 1941) |
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08 Jan 2014
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death
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André Gernez, French physician (b. 1923) |
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08 Jan 2014
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death
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Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (b. 1928) |
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08 Jan 2014
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music
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It was reported that vinyl record sales had increased 32% in 2013, while CD sales declined 14.5% in the last last year, vinyl sales grew 32% from 4.5 million units sold in 2012 to 6 million sold in 2013, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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