January 8

fr: 8 janvierde: 8. Januares: 8 de eneroit: 8 gennaio

Events :

Covent Garden.
  • 1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
  • 1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.
  • 1806 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
  • 1811 - Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
  • 1815 - War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans - Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
  • 1835 - US national debt is 0 for the first and only time.
  • 1838 - Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
  • 1863 - American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield
  • 1867 - African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.
  • 1877 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory).
  • 1900 - United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
  • 1906 - A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people .
  • 1908 - A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
  • 1912 - The African National Congress is founded.
  • 1916 - World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.
  • 1918 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
  • 1920 - The Czechoslovak Hussite Church is founded by Dr. Karel Farský.
  • 1922 - The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
  • 1926 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.
  • 1940 - World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
  • 1956 - Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
  • 1959 - Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution is completed with the take over of Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1961 - In France, a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
  • 1962 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.).
  • 1962 - Harmelen train disaster kills 93 people in The Netherlands.
  • 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
  • 1973 - Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
  • 1973 - Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
  • 1975 - Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband.
  • 1979 - The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland (The Betelgeuse incident).
  • 1979 - The NBC game show Password Plus premieres, hosted by Allen Ludden.
  • 1982 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
  • 1989 - The Kegworth air disaster kills 47 people in Leicestershire, England.
  • 1989 - Beginning of Japanese Heisei era.
  • 1994 - Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He will stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
  • 1996 - An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.
  • 2000 - Winning Lines, a worldwide national lottery game show, premieres on CBS and is hosted by Dick Clark.
  • 2002 - United States President George W. Bush signs into law the controversial No Child Left Behind Act.
  • 2004 - RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
  • 2006 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea.

    • Births :

    • 1556 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
    • 1583 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643)
    • 1601 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)
    • 1628 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
    • 1632 - Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
    • 1635 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop of Toledo (d. 1709)
    • 1735 - John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
    • 1763 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
    • 1786 - Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive (d. 1844)
    • 1788 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
    • 1792 - Lowell Mason, American composer (d. 1872)
    • 1805 - John Bigler, American politician (d. 1871)
    • 1805 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878)
    • 1817 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)
    • 1821 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (d. 1904)
    • 1821 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. 1862)
    • 1823 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
    • 1824 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861)
    • 1824 - Wilkie Collins, British novelist (d. 1889)
    • 1830 - Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
    • 1836 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912)
    • 1843 - Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. 1929)
    • 1843 - John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. 1926)
    • 1852 - James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
    • 1860 - Emma Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1903)
    • 1862 - Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. 1934)
    • 1866 - William G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)
    • 1867 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (d. 1961)
    • 1870 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (d. 1930)
    • 1871 - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940)
    • 1873 - Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)
    • 1873 - Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (d. 1956)
    • 1881 - Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)
    • 1883 - Patrick J. Hurley, United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)
    • 1883 - Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (d. 1941)
    • 1885 - John Curtin, Australian politician (d. 1945)
    • 1885 - A. J. Muste, Dutch activist and pacifist (d. 1967)
    • 1888 - Matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960)
    • 1891 - Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1957)
    • 1891 - Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (d. 1972)
    • 1896 - Arthur Ford, American psychic (d. 1971)
    • 1897 - Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)
    • 1902 - Carl Rogers, American psychologist (d. 1987)
    • 1902 - Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988)
    • 1903 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
    • 1904 - Karl Brandt, Nazi war criminal (d. 1948)
    • 1905 - Franjo Cardinal Seper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
    • 1905 - Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. 1988)
    • 1908 - William Hartnell, British actor (d. 1975)
    • 1909 - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999)
    • 1909 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)
    • 1909 - Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995)
    • 1910 - Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina (d. 1988)
    • 1911 - Tom Delaney, British racing driver (d. 2006)
    • 1915 - Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991)
    • 1921 - Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard
    • 1923 - Larry Storch, American actor
    • 1923 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
    • 1923 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born computer scientist
    • 1924 - Ron Moody, English actor
    • 1925 - Helmuth Hubener, German anti-Hitler activist (d. 1942)
    • 1926 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano
    • 1926 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
    • 1926 - Soupy Sales, American comedian
    • 1926 - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)
    • 1927 - Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator
    • 1928 - Gaston Miron, Quebec poet and editor (d. 1996)
    • 1931 - Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (d. 1991)
    • 1933 - Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator
    • 1933 - Jean-Marie Straub, French film director
    • 1933 - Ko Un, Korean poet
    • 1934 - Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)
    • 1934 - Roy Kinnear, English actor (d. 1988)
    • 1934 - Alexandra Ripley, American writer (d. 2004)
    • 1934 - Gene Freese, American baseball player
    • 1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
    • 1937 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
    • 1938 - Bob Eubanks, American game show host
    • 1941 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989)
    • 1941 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
    • 1942 - Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and author
    • 1942 - Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician
    • 1942 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress
    • 1944 - Terry Brooks, American writer
    • 1945 - Kojo Nnamdi, Guyanese-born American radio host
    • 1946 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)
    • 1947 - Don Bendell, American author & karate master
    • 1947 - David Bowie, English musician
    • 1947 - Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician
    • 1947 - Terry Sylvester, British singer and musician (The Hollies)
    • 1948 - Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish film director
    • 1951 - Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician
    • 1951 - John McTiernan, American film director
    • 1953 - Bruce Sutter, American baseball player
    • 1955 - Mike Reno, Canadian musician (Loverboy)
    • 1955 - Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
    • 1958 - Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican professional wrestler
    • 1959 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Crowded House) (d. 2005)
    • 1961 - Calvin Smith, American athlete
    • 1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese creator of Yu-Gi-Oh
    • 1962 - Chris Marion, American musician (Little River Band)
    • 1965 - Michelle Forbes, American actress
    • 1966 - Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player
    • 1966 - Andrew Wood, American musician (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
    • 1967 - R. Kelly, American singer
    • 1968 - Keith Mullings, American boxer
    • 1969 - Ami Dolenz, American actress
    • 1969 - Jeff Abercrombie, American musician (Fuel)
    • 1970 - Melissa Hill, American porn actress
    • 1971 - Jason Giambi, American baseball player
    • 1971 - Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer
    • 1973 - Mark Knight, English sound designer
    • 1973 - Sean Paul, Jamaican singer
    • 1973 - Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer
    • 1975 - DJ Clue, American DJ and producer
    • 1976 - Jenny Lewis, American actress and musician (Rilo Kiley)
    • 1976 - Josh Meyers, American actor
    • 1976 - Carl Pavano, American baseball player
    • 1977 - Amber Benson, American actress
    • 1977 - Lee Yoo-jin, Korean actress
    • 1978 - Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player
    • 1978 - Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster
    • 1979 - Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
    • 1979 - Sarah Polley, Canadian actress
    • 1979 - Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer
    • 1980 - Rachel Nichols, American actress
    • 1981 - Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
    • 1982 - Emanuele Calaiň, Italian footballer
    • 1982 - Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
    • 1982 - John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
    • 1982 - wiL Francis, American singer
    • 1983 - Chris Mordetzky, American professional wrestler
    • 1984 - Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player
    • 1985 - Rachael Lampa, American singer
    • 1986 - Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
    • 1986 - David Silva, Spanish footballer
    • 1988 - Adam T. Siska, American Musician, (The Academy Is...)
    • 1990 - Maci Wainwright, American singer
    • 1991 - Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer
    • 1995 - Hannah Robinson, American actress
    • 2000 - Noah Cyrus, American actress, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus

    Deaths :

    Holidays and observances :

    Liturgical calendar :

    • The feast day of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in the Roman Catholic Church.
    • January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    • Abo of TiflisAttwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
    • Gudula
    • Lucian of Beauvais
    • Pega
    • Severinus of Noricum
    • Thorfinn of Hamar

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