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| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1946 (January 08 1946) | Birth | Robby Krieger, American musician | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1866 (January 08 1866) | Birth | William G. Conley, American politician (died in 1940) | |
| January 8th, 1836 (January 08 1836) | Birth | Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (died in 1912) | |
| January 8th, 1806 (January 08 1806) | Event | Cape Colony becomes a British colony. | |
| January 8th, 1786 (January 08 1786) | Birth | Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive (died in 1844) | |
| January 8th, 1746 (January 08 1746) | Event | Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. | |
| January 8th, 1556 (January 08 1556) | Birth | Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (died in 1623) | |
| January 8th, 1456 (January 08 1456) | Death | St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (born in 1381) | |
