more events on January 8
-
2011
Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda), and Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander).
-
An attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is part of a shooting spree in which Jared Lee Loughner kills 6 and wounds 13.
-
2004
The largest passenger ship in history, the RMS Queen Mary 2, is christened by Queen Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Queen Mary.
-
2002
US President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act, intended to improve America’s educational system.
-
1994
Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station; he will spend a record 437 days in space.
-
1982
AT&T agrees to divest 22 subdivisions as part of an antitrust agreement.
-
1979
The United States advises the Shah to leave Iran.
-
1975
Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first female governor in the US who did not come into office by succeeding her husband.
-
1963
President John F. Kennedy attends the unveiling of the Mona Lisa.
-
1954
President Dwight Eisenhower proposes stripping convicted Communists of their U.S. citizenship.
-
1947
David Bowie, singer, songwriter, producer, actor (“Starman”).
-
1946
President Harry S. Truman vows to stand by the Yalta accord on self-determination for the Balkans.
-
1941
Graham Chapman, comedian, actor, member of the Monty Python group.
-
1940
Great Britain begins rationing sugar, meat and butter.
-
1938
Bob Eubanks, popular US TV game show host (The Newlywed Game).
-
1935
Elvis Presley, rock ‘n roll singer, actor in over thirty films.
-
1908
A subway line opens linking the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
-
1900
The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but are turned back.
-
1892
A coal mine explosion kills 100 in McAlister, Oklahoma.
-
1871
Prussian troops begin to bombard Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
-
1862
Frank Nelson Doubleday, founder of Doubleday publishing house.
-
1815
A rag-tag army under Andrew Jackson defeats the British on the fields of Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans.
-
1786
Nicholas Biddle, head of the first United States bank.
-
1745
England, Austria, Saxony and the Netherlands form an alliance against Russia.
-
1681
The Treaty of Radzin ends a five year war between the Turks and the allied countries of Russia and Poland.
-
1587
Johannes Fabricus, astronomer who discovered sunspots.