Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
January 8
| 1681 | The Treaty of Radzin ends a five year war between the Turks and the allied countries of Russia and Poland. | |
| 1745 | England, Austria, Saxony and the Netherlands form an alliance against Russia. | |
| 1815 | A rag-tag army under Andrew Jackson defeats the British on the fields of Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans. | |
| 1871 | Prussian troops begin to bombard Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. | |
| 1892 | A coal mine explosion kills 100 in McAlister, Oklahoma. | |
| 1900 | The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but are turned back. | |
| 1908 | A subway line opens linking the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. | |
| 1940 | Great Britain begins rationing sugar, meat and butter. | |
| 1946 | President Harry S. Truman vows to stand by the Yalta accord on self-determination for the Balkans. | |
| 1954 | President Dwight Eisenhower proposes stripping convicted Communists of their U.S. citizenship. | |
| 1963 | President John F. Kennedy attends the unveiling of the Mona Lisa. | |
| 1979 | The United States advises the Shah to leave Iran. | |
| Born on January 8 | ||
| 1587 | Johannes Fabricus, astronomer who discovered sunspots. | |
| 1786 | Nicholas Biddle, head of the first United States bank. | |
| 1862 | Frank Nelson Doubleday, founder of Doubleday publishing house. | |
| 1935 | Elvis Presley, rock 'n roll singer, actor in over thirty films. | |
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