CNN Interactive - Almanac - January 8, 2000

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is scheduled to end.
Singers Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Barry White are scheduled to perform at the annual United Negro College Fund gala in Washington.
The Cleveland Orchestra performs its first concert in the renovated Severance Hall, the symphony's home since 1931.
The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo opens in Denver.

On Sunday, January 9, NASA hopes to resume observations through the newly repaired Hubble telescope.
On Monday, January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court resumes its session after its winter recess.
On Tuesday, January 11, Nepal celebrates National Unity Day.

On Thursday, January 13, Togo marks Liberation Day.

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In 1614, astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
In 1815, U.S. troops under Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated a British force at New Orleans in the last battle of the War of 1812.
In 1901, the first bowling tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago.
In 1925, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky appeared with the New York Philharmonic in his first American concert.
In 1957, Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball.
In 1976, Chinese Premier Chou En-lai died in Beijing.
In 1982, AT&T agreed to an antitrust settlement that broke up the U.S. telephone monopoly's regional subsidiaries.
In 1990, military tribunals in Romania began trying the first members of the country's security forces, after the revolt that toppled longtime dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
In 1999, the top executives of Salt Lake City's Olympic organizing committee resigned amid the emerging Olympic bribery scandal.