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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. ...

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1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1936 - Events. January 7-10 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: In the Battle of Ganale Doria, General Graziani attacks troops under Ras Desta Damtew guarding southern Ethiopia; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee. January 15 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 16 ...

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1990 - January. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were killed in a train accident in Ghotki pakistan. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. January 10 - Time Warner is formed f ...

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Supernatural phenomena are still being dismissed by the academic community. Influenced by recent breaktroughs leading to an explanation of some mysteries, they have come to the conclusion that science will explain all eventually.

Scientists, who would not dare to trespass in fields outside their speciality for fear of being torn apart by fellow academics, feel free to make all sorts of pronouncements in the media on subjects in the domain of parapsychological research, of which they have no knowledge whatsoever. Like in all other areas of science, parapsychology has narrowed down its research to specialist sectors, hardly anyone daring to voice an opinion on general issues.

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1936 - January-March. January 7-10 - Second Italo-Abyssinian War: In the Battle of Ganale Doria, General Graziani attacks troops under Ras Desta Damtew guarding southern Ethiopia; after over three days of slaughter, the Ethiopians break and flee. January 15 - The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 16 - Serial killer Albert Fish executed in Sing Sing January 20 - Death of George V of the Unite ...

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In 1925, Walter Gifford, then president of AT&T, established Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc as a separate entity which took over work previously conducted by the research division of Western Electric's engineering department. Half of Bell Labs was owned by Western Electric, the other half being owned by AT&T. Discoveries and inventions at Bell Labs include: 1925: Facsimile (fax) transmission first demonstrated publicly 1927: Long-distance television transmission, of images of Herbert Hoover, from Washing ...

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1975 - January. January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up January 2 - The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by Congress January 5 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people. January 7 - OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. January 8 - Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the firs ...

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1988 - January. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. February 3 - The United States House of Representatives controlled by the Democratic Party re ...

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1988 - January to March. January 2 - Edmund Brisco Ford, British geneticist (b. 1901) January 5 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947) January 7 - Trevor Howard, British actor (b. 1913) January 11 - Pappy Boyington, American pilot (b. 1912) January 13 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910) January 14 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902) January 15 - Se ...

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