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January 8th, 2008 (January 08 2008) | Event | New Jersey officially apologizes for slavery, becoming the first Northern state to do so. Oddly enough, it happened within hours of the death of Clyde Otis. | |
January 8th, 2008 (January 08 2008) | Death | George Moore, Australian champion jockey (born in 1923) | |
January 8th, 2008 (January 08 2008) | Death | Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (born in c. 1924) | |
January 8th, 2007 (January 08 2007) | Death | Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (born in 1908) | |
January 8th, 2007 (January 08 2007) | Death | Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (born in 1922) | |
January 8th, 2007 (January 08 2007) | Death | Francis Cockfield, British politician (born in 1916) | |
January 8th, 2007 (January 08 2007) | Death | David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (born in 1953) | |
January 8th, 2007 (January 08 2007) | Death | Iwao Takamoto, American animator (born in 1925) | |
January 8th, 2006 (January 08 2006) | Event | 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. | |
January 8th, 2006 (January 08 2006) | Death | Tony Banks, British politician (born in 1943) | Tony Banks Quotes |
January 8th, 2005 (January 08 2005) | Death | Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (born in 1952) | |
January 8th, 2005 (January 08 2005) | Death | Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer | |
January 8th, 2005 (January 08 2005) | Death | Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (born in 1914) | |
January 8th, 2004 (January 08 2004) | Event | The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. | |
January 8th, 2004 (January 08 2004) | Death | John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (born in 1930) | |
January 8th, 2003 (January 08 2003) | Death | Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (born in 1925) | |
January 8th, 2002 (January 08 2002) | Event | President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. | George W. Bush Quotes |
January 8th, 2002 (January 08 2002) | Death | Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (born in 1916) | |
January 8th, 2002 (January 08 2002) | Death | Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (born in 1932) | |
January 8th, 2000 (January 08 2000) | Death | Derrick Thomas, American football player (born in 1967) | |
January 8th, 2000 (January 08 2000) | Death | Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (born in 1918) | |
January 8th, 1998 (January 08 1998) | Death | Michael Tippett, English composer (born in 1905) | |
January 8th, 1997 (January 08 1997) | Death | Melvin Calvin, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1911) | |
January 8th, 1996 (January 08 1996) | Event | An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people. | |
January 8th, 1996 (January 08 1996) | Death | John Hargreaves, Australian actor (born in 1945) | |
January 8th, 1996 (January 08 1996) | Death | Francois Mitterrand, President of France (born in 1916) | |
January 8th, 1996 (January 08 1996) | Death | Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (born in 1907) | |
January 8th, 1995 (January 08 1995) | Death | Carlos Monzon, Argentinian boxer (born in 1942) | |
January 8th, 1994 (January 08 1994) | Event | Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. | |
January 8th, 1994 (January 08 1994) | Death | Pat Buttram, American actor (born in 1915) | |
January 8th, 1994 (January 08 1994) | Death | Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (born in 1925) | |
January 8th, 1991 (January 08 1991) | Birth | Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer | |
January 8th, 1991 (January 08 1991) | Death | Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (born in 1960) | |
January 8th, 1990 (January 08 1990) | Birth | Maci Wainwright, American singer | |
January 8th, 1990 (January 08 1990) | Death | Terry-Thomas, British actor, comedian (born in 1911) | |
January 8th, 1989 (January 08 1989) | Event | The Kegworth air disaster. British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 people out of 127 onboard. | |
January 8th, 1989 (January 08 1989) | Event | Beginning of Japanese Heisei era. | |
January 8th, 1988 (January 08 1988) | Birth | Adam T. Siska, American musician | |
January 8th, 1986 (January 08 1986) | Birth | Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (died in 2003) | |
January 8th, 1986 (January 08 1986) | Birth | David Silva, Spanish footballer | |
January 8th, 1986 (January 08 1986) | Death | Pierre Fournier, French cellist (born in 1906) | |
January 8th, 1985 (January 08 1985) | Birth | Rachael Lampa, American singer | |
January 8th, 1984 (January 08 1984) | Birth | Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player | |
January 8th, 1983 (January 08 1983) | Birth | Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler | |
January 8th, 1983 (January 08 1983) | Birth | Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer | |
January 8th, 1983 (January 08 1983) | Death | Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (born in 1919) | |
January 8th, 1983 (January 08 1983) | Death | Ron Frazer, Australian actor (born in 1924) | |
January 8th, 1983 (January 08 1983) | Death | Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (born in 1913) | |
January 8th, 1982 (January 08 1982) | Event | AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. | |
January 8th, 1982 (January 08 1982) | Birth | Emanuele Calaio, Italian footballer | |
January 8th, 1982 (January 08 1982) | Birth | wiL Francis, American singer | |
January 8th, 1982 (January 08 1982) | Birth | Gaby Hoffmann, American actress | |
January 8th, 1982 (January 08 1982) | Birth | John Utaka, Nigerian footballer | |
January 8th, 1982 (January 08 1982) | Death | Gregoire Aslan, Armenian actor (born in 1908) | |
January 8th, 1981 (January 08 1981) | Birth | Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player | |
January 8th, 1981 (January 08 1981) | Birth | Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player | |
January 8th, 1981 (January 08 1981) | Death | Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (born in 1925) | |
January 8th, 1980 (January 08 1980) | Birth | Rachel Nichols, American actress | |
January 8th, 1980 (January 08 1980) | Death | John Mauchly, American physicist (born in 1907) | |
January 8th, 1979 (January 08 1979) | Event | The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland (The Betelgeuse incident). | |
January 8th, 1979 (January 08 1979) | Birth | Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer | |
January 8th, 1979 (January 08 1979) | Birth | Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer | |
January 8th, 1979 (January 08 1979) | Birth | Sarah Polley, Canadian actress | |
January 8th, 1979 (January 08 1979) | Birth | Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer | |
January 8th, 1979 (January 08 1979) | Death | Sara Carter, American country musician (born in 1898) | |
January 8th, 1978 (January 08 1978) | Birth | Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster | |
January 8th, 1978 (January 08 1978) | Birth | Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player | |
January 8th, 1977 (January 08 1977) | Birth | Amber Benson, American actress | |
January 8th, 1977 (January 08 1977) | Birth | Ron Pederson, Canadian actor | |
January 8th, 1977 (January 08 1977) | Birth | Lee Yoo-jin, Korean actress | |
January 8th, 1976 (January 08 1976) | Birth | Jenny Lewis, American actress and musician | Jenny Lewis Quotes |
January 8th, 1976 (January 08 1976) | Birth | Josh Meyers, American actor | |
January 8th, 1976 (January 08 1976) | Birth | Carl Pavano, American baseball player | |
January 8th, 1976 (January 08 1976) | Birth | Brad Snyder, Canadian shot putter | |
January 8th, 1976 (January 08 1976) | Death | Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People s Republic of China (born in 1898) | |
January 8th, 1976 (January 08 1976) | Death | Robert Forgan, British fascist (born in 1891) | |
January 8th, 1975 (January 08 1975) | Event | 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. | |
January 8th, 1975 (January 08 1975) | Birth | DJ Clue, American DJ and producer | |
January 8th, 1975 (January 08 1975) | Birth | Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer | |
January 8th, 1975 (January 08 1975) | Death | John Gregson, English actor (born in 1919) | |
January 8th, 1975 (January 08 1975) | Death | Richard Tucker, American tenor (born in 1913) | |
January 8th, 1973 (January 08 1973) | Event | Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. | |
January 8th, 1973 (January 08 1973) | Event | Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. | |
January 8th, 1973 (January 08 1973) | Birth | Mark Knight, English sound designer | |
January 8th, 1973 (January 08 1973) | Birth | Sean Paul, Jamaican singer | |
January 8th, 1973 (January 08 1973) | Birth | Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer | |
January 8th, 1972 (January 08 1972) | Death | Kenneth Patchen, American poet (born in 1911) | Kenneth Patchen Quotes |
January 8th, 1971 (January 08 1971) | Birth | Jason Giambi, American baseball player | |
January 8th, 1971 (January 08 1971) | Birth | Pascal Zuberbuhler, Swiss footballer | |
January 8th, 1970 (January 08 1970) | Birth | Rachel Friend, Australian actress | |
January 8th, 1970 (January 08 1970) | Death | Georges Guibourg, French performer (born in 1891) | |
January 8th, 1969 (January 08 1969) | Birth | Jeff Abercrombie, American musician | |
January 8th, 1969 (January 08 1969) | Birth | Ami Dolenz, American actress | |
January 8th, 1969 (January 08 1969) | Death | Albert Hill, British athlete (born in 1889) | |
January 8th, 1968 (January 08 1968) | Birth | Keith Mullings, American boxer | |
January 8th, 1967 (January 08 1967) | Birth | R. Kelly, American singer | |
January 8th, 1967 (January 08 1967) | Death | Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (born in 1927) | |
January 8th, 1966 (January 08 1966) | Birth | Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player | |
January 8th, 1966 (January 08 1966) | Birth | Andrew Wood, American musician (died in 1990) | |
January 8th, 1965 (January 08 1965) | Birth | Michelle Forbes, American actress | |
January 8th, 1964 (January 08 1964) | Event | President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
January 8th, 1963 (January 08 1963) | Death | Kay Sage, American artist and poet (born in 1898) | |
January 8th, 1962 (January 08 1962) | Event | Leonardo da Vinci s Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. | |
January 8th, 1962 (January 08 1962) | Event | The Harmelen train disaster kills 93 people in The Netherlands. | |
January 8th, 1962 (January 08 1962) | Birth | Chris Marion, American musician | |
January 8th, 1961 (January 08 1961) | Event | In France, a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle s policies in Algeria. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
January 8th, 1961 (January 08 1961) | Birth | Calvin Smith, American athlete | |
January 8th, 1961 (January 08 1961) | Birth | Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese creator of Yu-Gi-Oh | |
January 8th, 1959 (January 08 1959) | Event | Fidel Castro s Cuban Revolution is completed with the take over of Santiago de Cuba. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
January 8th, 1959 (January 08 1959) | Birth | Paul Hester, Australian drummer (died in 2005) | |
January 8th, 1958 (January 08 1958) | Birth | Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler | |
January 8th, 1958 (January 08 1958) | Death | Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (born in 1883) | |
January 8th, 1957 (January 08 1957) | Birth | Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer | |
January 8th, 1956 (January 08 1956) | Event | Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them. | |
January 8th, 1956 (January 08 1956) | Death | Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (born in 1928) | Jim Elliot Quotes |
January 8th, 1955 (January 08 1955) | Birth | Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer | |
January 8th, 1955 (January 08 1955) | Birth | Mike Reno, Canadian musician | |
January 8th, 1953 (January 08 1953) | Birth | Bruce Sutter, American baseball player | |
January 8th, 1953 (January 08 1953) | Death | Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (born in 1883) | |
January 8th, 1952 (January 08 1952) | Birth | Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist | |
January 8th, 1951 (January 08 1951) | Birth | Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician | |
January 8th, 1951 (January 08 1951) | Birth | John McTiernan, American film director | |
January 8th, 1950 (January 08 1950) | Death | Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (born in 1883) | |
January 8th, 1948 (January 08 1948) | Birth | Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish film director | |
January 8th, 1948 (January 08 1948) | Death | Kurt Schwitters, German painter (born in 1887) | |
January 8th, 1948 (January 08 1948) | Death | Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (born in 1891) | |
January 8th, 1947 (January 08 1947) | Birth | Don Bendell, American author & karate master | |
January 8th, 1947 (January 08 1947) | Birth | David Bowie, English musician | David Bowie Quotes |
January 8th, 1947 (January 08 1947) | Birth | Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician | |
January 8th, 1947 (January 08 1947) | Birth | Terry Sylvester, British singer and musician | |
January 8th, 1946 (January 08 1946) | Birth | Robby Krieger, American musician | |
January 8th, 1945 (January 08 1945) | Birth | Jeannie Lewis, Australian actress and singer | |
January 8th, 1945 (January 08 1945) | Birth | Kojo Nnamdi, Guyanese-born American radio host | |
January 8th, 1945 (January 08 1945) | Birth | Kathleen Noone, American actress | |
January 8th, 1945 (January 08 1945) | Death | Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime (born in 1900) | |
January 8th, 1944 (January 08 1944) | Birth | Terry Brooks, American writer | |
January 8th, 1944 (January 08 1944) | Death | William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (born in 1878) | |
January 8th, 1943 (January 08 1943) | Death | Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (born in 1919) | |
January 8th, 1942 (January 08 1942) | Birth | Valya Balkanska, Bulgarian folk singer | |
January 8th, 1942 (January 08 1942) | Birth | Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and author | Stephen King Quotes |
January 8th, 1942 (January 08 1942) | Birth | Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician | |
January 8th, 1942 (January 08 1942) | Birth | Yvette Mimieux, American actress | |
January 8th, 1942 (January 08 1942) | Death | Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (born in 1869) | |
January 8th, 1941 (January 08 1941) | Birth | Graham Chapman, British comedian (died in 1989) | |
January 8th, 1941 (January 08 1941) | Birth | Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator | |
January 8th, 1941 (January 08 1941) | Death | Robert Baden-Powell, English founder of scouting (born in 1857) | |
January 8th, 1940 (January 08 1940) | Event | World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. | |
January 8th, 1938 (January 08 1938) | Birth | Bob Eubanks, American game show host | |
January 8th, 1938 (January 08 1938) | Birth | Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian bass-baritone | |
January 8th, 1938 (January 08 1938) | Death | Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (born in 1880) | |
January 8th, 1937 (January 08 1937) | Birth | Dame Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer | |
January 8th, 1936 (January 08 1936) | Birth | Zdenek Macal, Czech conductor | |
January 8th, 1936 (January 08 1936) | Birth | Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-born British scientist | |
January 8th, 1935 (January 08 1935) | Birth | Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (died in 1977) | Elvis Presley Quotes |
January 8th, 1934 (January 08 1934) | Birth | Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (died in 1987) | |
January 8th, 1934 (January 08 1934) | Birth | Gene Freese, American baseball player | |
January 8th, 1934 (January 08 1934) | Birth | Roy Kinnear, English actor (died in 1988) | |
January 8th, 1934 (January 08 1934) | Birth | Alexandra Ripley, American writer (died in 2004) | |
January 8th, 1934 (January 08 1934) | Death | Andrei Bely, Russian writer (born in 1880) | |
January 8th, 1934 (January 08 1934) | Death | Serge Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (born in 1886) | |
January 8th, 1933 (January 08 1933) | Birth | Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator | |
January 8th, 1933 (January 08 1933) | Birth | Jean-Marie Straub, French film director | |
January 8th, 1933 (January 08 1933) | Birth | Ko Un, Korean poet | |
January 8th, 1932 (January 08 1932) | Death | Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (born in 1866) | |
January 8th, 1931 (January 08 1931) | Birth | Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (died in 1991) | |
January 8th, 1929 (January 08 1929) | Birth | Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor | |
January 8th, 1928 (January 08 1928) | Birth | Gaston Miron, Quebec poet and editor (died in 1996) | |
January 8th, 1928 (January 08 1928) | Birth | Slade Gorton, former American politician | |
January 8th, 1927 (January 08 1927) | Birth | Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator | |
January 8th, 1926 (January 08 1926) | Event | Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia. | |
January 8th, 1926 (January 08 1926) | Birth | Evelyn Lear, American soprano | |
January 8th, 1926 (January 08 1926) | Birth | Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (died in 2004) | |
January 8th, 1926 (January 08 1926) | Birth | Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer | |
January 8th, 1926 (January 08 1926) | Birth | Soupy Sales, American comedian | |
January 8th, 1925 (January 08 1925) | Birth | Helmuth Hubener, German activist (died in 1942) | |
January 8th, 1924 (January 08 1924) | Birth | Benjamin Lees, American composer | |
January 8th, 1924 (January 08 1924) | Birth | Ron Moody, English actor | |
January 8th, 1923 (January 08 1923) | Birth | Larry Storch, American actor | |
January 8th, 1923 (January 08 1923) | Birth | Giorgio Tozzi, American bass | |
January 8th, 1923 (January 08 1923) | Birth | Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (died in 1985) | |
January 8th, 1923 (January 08 1923) | Birth | Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (died in 2008) | |
January 8th, 1922 (January 08 1922) | Birth | Abbey Simon, U.S. pianist | |
January 8th, 1921 (January 08 1921) | Birth | Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard | |
January 8th, 1918 (January 08 1918) | Event | President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. | |
January 8th, 1918 (January 08 1918) | Death | Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (born in 1827) | |
January 8th, 1916 (January 08 1916) | Event | World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli. | |
January 8th, 1916 (January 08 1916) | Death | Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (born in 1860) | |
January 8th, 1916 (January 08 1916) | Death | Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (born in 1884) | |
January 8th, 1915 (January 08 1915) | Birth | Walker Cooper, American baseball player (died in 1991) | |
January 8th, 1912 (January 08 1912) | Event | The African National Congress is founded. | |
January 8th, 1911 (January 08 1911) | Birth | Tom Delaney, British racing driver (died in 2006) | |
January 8th, 1910 (January 08 1910) | Birth | Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina (died in 1988) | |
January 8th, 1909 (January 08 1909) | Birth | Jose Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (died in 1992) | |
January 8th, 1909 (January 08 1909) | Birth | Willy Millowitsch, German actor (died in 1999) | |
January 8th, 1909 (January 08 1909) | Birth | Evelyn Wood, American educator (died in 1995) | |
January 8th, 1908 (January 08 1908) | Birth | William Hartnell, British actor (died in 1975) | |
January 8th, 1906 (January 08 1906) | Event | A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people. | |
January 8th, 1905 (January 08 1905) | Birth | Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (died in 1988) | |
January 8th, 1905 (January 08 1905) | Birth | Franjo Cardinal Seper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (died in 1981) | |
January 8th, 1904 (January 08 1904) | Birth | Karl Brandt, Alsacian Nazi war criminal (died in 1948) | Karl Brandt Quotes |
January 8th, 1903 (January 08 1903) | Birth | Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (died in 1960) | |
January 8th, 1902 (January 08 1902) | Birth | Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (died in 1988) | |
January 8th, 1902 (January 08 1902) | Birth | Carl Rogers, American psychologist (died in 1987) | |
January 8th, 1901 (January 08 1901) | Death | John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in 1873) | |
January 8th, 1900 (January 08 1900) | Event | President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. | William McKinley Quotes |
January 8th, 1900 (January 08 1900) | Birth | Dame Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist (died in 1982) | |
January 8th, 1899 (January 08 1899) | Birth | Solomon Bandaranaike, Ceylonese Prime Minister (died in 1959) | Solomon Quotes |
January 8th, 1897 (January 08 1897) | Birth | Dennis Wheatley, British author (died in 1977) | |
January 8th, 1896 (January 08 1896) | Birth | Arthur Ford, American psychic (died in 1971) | |
January 8th, 1896 (January 08 1896) | Birth | Jaromir Weinberger, Czech-American composer (died in 1967) | Ric Berger Quotes |
January 8th, 1896 (January 08 1896) | Death | William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (born in 1825) | |
January 8th, 1896 (January 08 1896) | Death | Paul Verlaine, French poet (born in 1844) | Paul Verlaine Quotes |
January 8th, 1894 (January 08 1894) | Birth | St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (died in 1941) | |
January 8th, 1891 (January 08 1891) | Birth | Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (died in 1957) | |
January 8th, 1891 (January 08 1891) | Birth | Storm Jameson, English writer (died in 1986) | |
January 8th, 1891 (January 08 1891) | Birth | Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (died in 1972) | |
January 8th, 1888 (January 08 1888) | Birth | Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (died in 1972) | |
January 8th, 1888 (January 08 1888) | Birth | Matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (died in 1960) | |
January 8th, 1885 (January 08 1885) | Birth | John Curtin, Australian politician (died in 1945) | |
January 8th, 1885 (January 08 1885) | Birth | A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (died in 1967) | |
January 8th, 1883 (January 08 1883) | Birth | Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (died in 1941) | |
January 8th, 1883 (January 08 1883) | Birth | Patrick J. Hurley, United States Secretary of War (died in 1963) | |
January 8th, 1881 (January 08 1881) | Birth | Henrik Shipstead, American politician (died in 1960) | |
January 8th, 1880 (January 08 1880) | Death | Joshua A. Norton, American eccentric (born in 1811) | |
January 8th, 1878 (January 08 1878) | Death | Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (born in 1821) | |
January 8th, 1877 (January 08 1877) | Event | Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory). | |
January 8th, 1874 (January 08 1874) | Death | Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (born in 1814) | |
January 8th, 1873 (January 08 1873) | Birth | Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (died in 1953) | |
January 8th, 1873 (January 08 1873) | Birth | Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (died in 1956) | |
January 8th, 1871 (January 08 1871) | Birth | James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (died in 1940) | |
January 8th, 1870 (January 08 1870) | Birth | Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (died in 1930) | |
January 8th, 1867 (January 08 1867) | Event | African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C. | |
January 8th, 1867 (January 08 1867) | Birth | Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (died in 1961) | |
January 8th, 1866 (January 08 1866) | Birth | William G. Conley, American politician (died in 1940) | |
January 8th, 1865 (January 08 1865) | Death | Aime, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (born in 1779) | |
January 8th, 1864 (January 08 1864) | Birth | Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (died in 1892) | |
January 8th, 1863 (January 08 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield | |
January 8th, 1862 (January 08 1862) | Birth | Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (died in 1934) | |
January 8th, 1860 (January 08 1860) | Birth | Emma Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (died in 1903) | William Booth Quotes |
January 8th, 1854 (January 08 1854) | Death | William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (born in 1768) | |
January 8th, 1852 (January 08 1852) | Birth | James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (died in 1931) | |
January 8th, 1843 (January 08 1843) | Birth | Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (died in 1929) | |
January 8th, 1843 (January 08 1843) | Birth | John H. Moffitt, American politician (died in 1926) | |
January 8th, 1838 (January 08 1838) | Event | Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). | |
January 8th, 1836 (January 08 1836) | Birth | Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (died in 1912) | |
January 8th, 1835 (January 08 1835) | Event | The United States national debt is 0 for the first and only time. | |
January 8th, 1830 (January 08 1830) | Birth | Hans von Bulow, German pianist and composer (died in 1894) | |
January 8th, 1825 (January 08 1825) | Death | Eli Whitney, American inventor (born in 1765) | |
January 8th, 1824 (January 08 1824) | Birth | Francisco Gonzalez Bocanegra, Mexican poet (died in 1861) | |
January 8th, 1824 (January 08 1824) | Birth | Wilkie Collins, British novelist (died in 1889) | Wilkie Collins Quotes |
January 8th, 1823 (January 08 1823) | Birth | Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (died in 1913) | Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes |
January 8th, 1821 (January 08 1821) | Birth | James Longstreet, American Confederate general (died in 1904) | |
January 8th, 1821 (January 08 1821) | Birth | W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (died in 1862) | |
January 8th, 1817 (January 08 1817) | Birth | Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (died in 1893) | |
January 8th, 1815 (January 08 1815) | Event | War of 1812: Battle of New OrleansAndrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
January 8th, 1815 (January 08 1815) | Death | Edward Pakenham, British general (born in 1778) | |
January 8th, 1812 (January 08 1812) | Birth | Sigismond Thalberg, French pianist and composer (died in 1871) | |
January 8th, 1811 (January 08 1811) | Event | A unsuccessful slave revolt was led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. | |
January 8th, 1806 (January 08 1806) | Event | Cape Colony becomes a British colony. | |
January 8th, 1805 (January 08 1805) | Birth | John Bigler, American politician (died in 1871) | |
January 8th, 1805 (January 08 1805) | Birth | Orson Hyde, American religious leader (died in 1878) | |
January 8th, 1794 (January 08 1794) | Death | Justus Moser, German statesman (born in 1720) | |
January 8th, 1792 (January 08 1792) | Birth | Lowell Mason, American composer (died in 1872) | |
January 8th, 1790 (January 08 1790) | Event | George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City. | George Washington Quotes |
January 8th, 1789 (January 08 1789) | Death | Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) | |
January 8th, 1788 (January 08 1788) | Birth | Archduke Rudolph of Austria (died in 1831) | |
January 8th, 1788 (January 08 1788) | Birth | Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (died in 1874) | |
January 8th, 1786 (January 08 1786) | Birth | Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive (died in 1844) | |
January 8th, 1775 (January 08 1775) | Death | John Baskerville, English printer (born in 1706) | |
January 8th, 1763 (January 08 1763) | Birth | Edmond Charles Genet, French diplomat (died in 1834) | |
January 8th, 1746 (January 08 1746) | Event | Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. | |
January 8th, 1735 (January 08 1735) | Birth | John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (died in 1815) | |
January 8th, 1734 (January 08 1734) | Event | Premiere of George Frideric Handel s Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. | George Frideric Handel Quotes |
January 8th, 1713 (January 08 1713) | Death | Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (born in 1653) | |
January 8th, 1707 (January 08 1707) | Death | John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (born in 1648) | John Scott Quotes |
January 8th, 1642 (January 08 1642) | Death | Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist (born in 1564) | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
January 8th, 1635 (January 08 1635) | Birth | Luis Manuel Fernandez de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (died in 1709) | |
January 8th, 1632 (January 08 1632) | Birth | Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (died in 1694) | |
January 8th, 1628 (January 08 1628) | Birth | Francois Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (died in 1695) | |
January 8th, 1601 (January 08 1601) | Birth | Baltasar Gracian y Morales, Spanish writer (died in 1658) | Baltasar Gracian Quotes |
January 8th, 1598 (January 08 1598) | Death | John George, Elector of Brandenburg (born in 1525) | |
January 8th, 1587 (January 08 1587) | Birth | Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer (died in 1616) | |
January 8th, 1583 (January 08 1583) | Birth | Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (died in 1643) | |
January 8th, 1570 (January 08 1570) | Death | Philibert de l Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) | |
January 8th, 1557 (January 08 1557) | Death | Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (born in 1522) | |
January 8th, 1556 (January 08 1556) | Birth | Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (died in 1623) | |
January 8th, 1499 (January 08 1499) | Event | Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany. | |
January 8th, 1464 (January 08 1464) | Death | Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (born in 1385) | |
January 8th, 1456 (January 08 1456) | Death | St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (born in 1381) | |
January 8th, 1337 (January 08 1337) | Death | Giotto di Bondone, Italian artist (born in 1267) | |
January 8th, 1324 (January 08 1324) | Death | Marco Polo, Italian explorer (born in 1254) | |
January 8th, 1297 (January 08 1297) | Event | Monaco gains its independence. | |
January 8th, 1198 (January 08 1198) | Death | Pope Celestine III (bc. 1106) | |
January 8th, 1107 (January 08 1107) | Death | Edgar of Scotland (born in 1074) | |
January 8th, 1100 (January 08 1100) | Death | Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) | |
January 8th, 0871 (January 08 0871) | Event | Battle of AshdownEthelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army. | |
January 8th, 0482 (January 08 0482) | Death | Saint Severinus of Noricum | |