Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

On January 13, 2008, the Falcons named former Patriots director of college football scouting Thomas Dimitroff General Manager.

On 4 January 2008, Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb decided to step down as President and Vice Chancellor of the University before her term expired.

OnStar transitioned to digital service with the help of data transport technology developed by Airbiquity, but warned customers who could not be upgraded to digital that their service would permanently expire on January 1, 2008.

On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere ( in concert ) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario.

The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts produced a limited-run revival of the musical from January 11 to 27, 2008.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

However, in January 2008, Selig agreed to a three-year contract extension, announcing he planned to retire after the 2012 season.

* On 24 January 2008, Peter Hain resigned his two cabinet posts ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales ) after the Electoral Commission referred donations to his Deputy Leadership campaign to the police.

In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales ( a rise of almost 20 % compared to 2008, although this was also affected by the fact that the VAT would revert to 17. 5 % from 1 January ).

led to the January 2008 bulk-sampling of kimberlite pipes in a remote part of Montana.

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On 1 January 2008, the country entered the eurozone and adopted the euro as its official currency, replacing the Cypriot pound at an irrevocable fixed exchange rate of CYP 0. 585274 per EUR 1. 00.

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This eliminated the human reservoir of the disease and reduced hospital admissions to 1 % or less of January 2008 levels.

On 13 November 2008, Cessna announced that a total of 665 jobs would be cut at its Wichita and Bend, Oregon plants starting in January 2009.

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

The Australian Government has introduced legislation that requires ISP's to " restrict access to age restricted content ( commercial MA15 + content and R18 + content ) either hosted in Australia or provided from Australia " that was due to commence from 20 January 2008, known as Cleanfeed.

She left the production on December 30, 2007, and later returned from August 26, 2008 until the production closed on January 11, 2009.

On January 24, 1776, Henry Knox arrived with artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga, which enabled Washington to drive the British army out of Boston.

The researchers estimate there are up to 2, 000 coyotes living in " the greater Chicago area " and that this circumstance may well apply to many other urban landscapes in North America .< ref name =" urb ">< span class =" plainlinks ">" Thriving under our noses, stealthily: coyotes " URL accessed on January 9, 2006 .</ span ></ ref > In Washington, D. C .' s Rock Creek Park, coyotes den and raise their young, scavenge roadkill, and hunt rodents.

In January 2004, Rohrabacher proposed giving Washington, D. C. residents the right to vote for congressional representation by treating them as Maryland residents for the purpose of Congressional elections.

A month later, McLean wound up the 20th century by performing " American Pie " at the Lincoln Memorial Gala in Washington D. C. Brooks again played " American Pie " during We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.

On January 6, 1759, Washington married the wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Custis, then 28 years old.

Washington followed up his victory at Trenton with another over British regulars at Princeton in early January.

George Washington Carver ( January 1864 – January 5, 1943 ), was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor.

In January 1806 Rapp traveled to Washington, D. C. to hear discussions in Congress regarding the Harmonists ’ petition for a grant that would allow them to purchase approximately acre of land in the Indiana Territory.

In January 1865, he acted in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Washington, again garnering rave reviews.

After The Washington Post broke a story in January 1975, Kelley searched and found them in his outer office.

Cagney Jr. died from a heart attack on January 27, 1984 in Washington, D. C., two years before his adoptive father's death.

From January 1976 to August 1979, Jones served in the Officer Assignments Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. During this assignment, he was promoted to major in July 1977.

The Washington Union, the communications organ for the administration, wrote on January 24 that support for the bill would be " a test of Democratic orthodoxy.

In early January 1918, Wilson summoned House to Washington and the two began hammering out, in complete secrecy, the president ’ s first address on the League of Nations, which was delivered to Congress on 8 January 1918.

The Vikings played the Washington Redskins in the NFC Championship Game on January 17, 1988, at RFK Stadium.

On January 13, 1888, 33 explorers and scientists gathered at the Cosmos Club, a private club then located on Lafayette Square in Washington, D. C., to organize " a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.

In January 1790 President Washington, in his first annual message to Congress stated that, " Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to ", and ordered Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson to prepare a plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States, afterwards referred to as the Jefferson report.

Biden was elected Vice President of the United States in 2008 ; on 18 January 2009 Glenys Kinnock revealed on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that she and Neil Kinnock had received a personal invitation from Biden to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama and Biden on 20 January 2009 at the United States Capitol in Washington.

Paul Allen was born in Seattle, Washington, to parents Kenneth Samuel Allen, an associate director of the University of Washington libraries, and Edna Faye ( née Gardner ) Allen, on January 21, 1953.

* 8 October 2010 – 17 January 2011, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA.

The Court first sat on 30 January 1922 at the Peace Palace, The Hague, covering preliminary business during the first session ( such as establishing procedure and appointing officers ) Nine judges sat, along with three deputies, since Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven, Ruy Barbosa and Chung-Hai Wang were unable to attend, the latter being at the Washington Naval Conference.