CNN Interactive - Almanac - January 8, 1999

President Clinton is expected to speak at the Detroit Economic Club.
Sentencing is scheduled in Norfolk, Virginia, for Robert Cassidy, who pleaded guilty in a plot to sell F-14 jet parts to Iran.
Events are scheduled in Memphis, Tennessee, to commemorate Elvis Presley's birth on this date 64 years ago.
Sentencing is scheduled in St. Charles, Missouri, for the man who injected his son with HIV-tainted blood in 1992, to avoid paying child support. He was convicted of first-degree assault on December 5. His child was diagnosed with full-blown AIDS in 1996.

On Saturday, January 9, AFC and NFC divisional playoffs are to be held.
On Sunday, January 10, the 25th annual People's Choice Awards are to be presented.
On Monday, January 11, the deadline is set by President Clinton for law enforcement and national security officials to recommend whether to grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard, convicted of spying for Israel.
On Tuesday, January 12, Guernsey's Auction House in New York is to auction off Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball and Hank Aaron's 755th home run ball. Also to be auctioned are six other baseballs from the past season's home run derby.
On Wednesday, January 13, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to attend the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy fund-raiser in Chicago.

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In 1642, Galileo Galilei, the mathematician, astronomer, physicist and developer of the astronomical telescope, died.
In 1713, Arcangelo Corelli, the Italian composer and violinist, died. His concerti grossi, published posthumously, greatly influenced J.S. Bach.
In 1815, the Americans defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans.
In 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented his Fourteen Points to Congress, a peace plan aimed at a new world order after World War I.
In 1926, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud became king of the Hejaz, which he announced would henceforth be called Saudi Arabia.
In 1935, singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In 1941, Robert Baden-Powell, the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, died. He won fame as the defender of Mafeking in the Boer War in South Africa and founded the Scouts in 1908.
In 1959, Charles de Gaulle became the first president of France's Fifth Republic. He took office for a second term on this day in 1966.
In 1967, Operation Cedar Falls started when U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched a major operation in the Mekong Delta.
In 1976, Chou En-lai, the Chinese Communist leader, died at 78.
In 1979, the French tanker Betelgeuse exploded at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry in Ireland, killing 50 people.
In 1982, Spain agreed to end its blockade of Gibraltar in return for talks on the British colony's future.
In 1995, Carlos Monzon, Argentina's greatest boxing champion, died in a car accident.
In 1996, former French president Francois Mitterrand died of cancer at 79.