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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for January 8, 2021:
1st calendar week, 8th day of the year
357 days until the end of the year
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Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Name day: Erhard, Gudula, Severin
HISTORICAL DATA
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2020 - The British Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan want to give up a large part of their royal obligations and be financially independent in the future.
The couple said in a statement from Buckingham Palace.
2020 - Shortly after take-off in Tehran, a Ukrainian Boeing 737 with 176 people on board is shot down by an Iranian missile.
Nobody survived.
At first the government denies the shooting down, then speaks of an accident.
2016 - Around 70 years after Hitler's death, another edition of his inflammatory pamphlet “Mein Kampf” appears - as a historical-critical edition with extensive commentaries.
Uncommented editions of the book are still banned in Germany.
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2011 - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is seriously injured by a shot in the head in an attack in Tucson, Arizona.
The perpetrator also shot six other people.
2001 - An explosion in a gas-fired power station owned by ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG causes damage worth millions in Duisburg and panics residents.
1996 - The first European pop university, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, begins teaching.
1973 - The first edition of the German "Sesame Street" is broadcast.
The children's program is a mixture of German and American scenes and starts in some third-party programs on ARD.
1961 - General de Gaulle arranges a referendum on the autonomy of Algeria.
In France, more than 75 percent vote in favor, in Algeria 69 percent.
1198 - Lothar von Segni is elected Pope.
Under the name of Innocent III.
he completes the spiritual and secular leadership position of the medieval papacy.
BIRTHDAYS
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1976 - Jenny Lewis (45), American singer ("The Voyager")
1951 - John McTiernan (70), American director ("Die Hard", "The Hunt for Red October", "The Thomas Crown Affair")
1941 - Graham Chapman, British actor ("Monty Python's Flying Circus"), d. 1989
1941 - Hans-Peter Krämer (80), German sports official, chairman of the board of the German Cancer Aid (2010-2014), interim president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) September-December 2013
1921 - Leonardo Sciascia, Italian writer (novel "The Day of the Owl") and politician, d. 1989
DAYS OF DEATH
1996 - François Mitterrand, French politician and lawyer, French President 1981-1995, born in 1916
1941 - Robert Baden-Powell, British general, founder of the Boy Scout Movement, born in 1857
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