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08 Jan 1214
Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
08 Jan 1558
French troops under Duc de Guise occupy Calais
08 Jan 1656
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem Netherlands)
08 Jan 1675
1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
08 Jan 1708
Spanish armada headed by the San Jose and loaded with gold sunk after British squadron attacks off coast of Colombia (rediscovered 2015)
08 Jan 1734
Premiere of George Frideric Handels Ariodante at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
08 Jan 1745
Britain Austria Netherlands & Saxony sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
08 Jan 1746
Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Stirling [NSJan 19]
08 Jan 1760
Comet C A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
08 Jan 1798
11th Amendment ratified judicial powers construed
08 Jan 1800
Austrians defeat French in Second Battle of Novi
08 Jan 1800
Wild Boy of Aveyron (approx.12) discovered in southern France after possibly 7 years in the wild later christened Victor of Aveyron
08 Jan 1806
Battle of Blaauwberg British forces attack French vassal the Batavian Republic near Cape Town modern day South Africa
08 Jan 1806
Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105 blue whale in Oregon
08 Jan 1811
Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast
08 Jan 1815
Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812) the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew
08 Jan 1833
Boston Academy of Music 1st US music school established
08 Jan 1835
US national debt is 0 for the first and only time in history
08 Jan 1842
Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
08 Jan 1853
1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled Washington
08 Jan 1856
Dr John A Veatch discovers borax Tuscan Springs California
08 Jan 1857
Dion Boucicaulys Poor of NY premieres in NYC
08 Jan 1863
American Civil War Second Battle of Springfield
08 Jan 1870
US mint at Carson City Nevada begins issuing coins
08 Jan 1884
Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
08 Jan 1889
Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a mechanical tabulating machine
08 Jan 1894
Columbus Worlds fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
08 Jan 1897
Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
08 Jan 1901
New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
08 Jan 1902
1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago Illinois)
08 Jan 1902
The United Irish League a leading force for unification in all Ireland and independence from Britain holds its convention in Dublin
08 Jan 1904
Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
08 Jan 1906
A landslide in Haverstraw New York caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River kills 20 people.
08 Jan 1912
Chiefs representatives of peoples and church organisations and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms
08 Jan 1916
WWI ANZAC forces withdraw from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople
08 Jan 1917
Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
08 Jan 1918
Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition of alcohol) of the US Constitution
08 Jan 1925
1st all-female US state supreme court appointed Texas
08 Jan 1925
England cricket opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe follows his 1st innings 176 with 127 in the 2nd innings but his team cannot avoid an 81 run defeat to Australia in the 2nd Test in Melbourne
08 Jan 1929
1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
08 Jan 1929
Man with a Movie Camera Soviet experimental documentary film directed by Dziga Vertov is released
08 Jan 1931
Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
08 Jan 1934
Jaap Speyers Bluejackets premieres in Amsterdam
08 Jan 1937
-50F (-45.6C) San Jacinto Nevada (state record)
08 Jan 1940
Britains 1st WW II rationing (bacon butter & sugar)
08 Jan 1942
British Air Marshal Richard Peirse replaced as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command
08 Jan 1947
Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
08 Jan 1948
Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
08 Jan 1949
Make Mine Manhattan closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
08 Jan 1949
My Romance closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
08 Jan 1949
Small Wonder closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
08 Jan 1951
Thought extinct since 1615 a Cahow (the Bermuda petrel) is rediscovered in Bermuda
08 Jan 1953
Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
08 Jan 1955
Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
08 Jan 1955
Georgia Tech ends Kentuckys 130-game home basketball win streak
08 Jan 1955
WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
08 Jan 1956
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
08 Jan 1956
Elvis Presleys Dont Be Cruel and Hound Dog single goes 1 & stays 1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
08 Jan 1956
Operation Auca Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
08 Jan 1961
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
08 Jan 1961
The French vote for Algerian independence from French rule in the wake of seven years of guerrilla war
08 Jan 1962
Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train 93 die (Neth)
08 Jan 1963
Mona Lisa on loan unveiled in Americas National Gallery of Art
08 Jan 1965
Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the American natonal flower (it does not pass)
08 Jan 1965
Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
08 Jan 1966
The Beatles Rubber Soul album goes 1 & stays 1 for 6 weeks
08 Jan 1966
The Beatles We Can Work It Out single goes 1 & stays 1 for 3 weeks
08 Jan 1966
The Who & the Kinks perform on the last Shindig TV show on ABC
08 Jan 1968
Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence ONeill travels to Dublin to meet with Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch to continue discussions on matters of joint interest to the two governments
08 Jan 1971
29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island California
08 Jan 1972
Dmitri Shostakovich 15th Symphony premieres in Moscow
08 Jan 1972
NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
08 Jan 1973
Tricks opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 8 performances
08 Jan 1973
Greg Chappells best Test bowling 5-61 v Pakistan at SCG
08 Jan 1973
Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris
08 Jan 1973
Judge Sirica begins the trial of the Watergate burglars in Washington D.C.
08 Jan 1974
E Wilson Jrs musical Let My People Come premieres in NYC
08 Jan 1976
Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
08 Jan 1977
Australian Open Womens Tennis In an all-Australian final Kerry Melville Reid wins her first and only Grand Slam singles title beats Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat 7-5 6-2
08 Jan 1978
Israeli government votes to strengthen settlements in occupied Sinai
08 Jan 1979
Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
08 Jan 1980
Islander Glenn Reschs 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
08 Jan 1980
NCAA decides to sponsor womens championships in 5 sports
08 Jan 1981
Pirates of Penzance opens at Uris Theater NYC for 772 performances
08 Jan 1981
India all out 63 in one-day international v Australia
08 Jan 1981
Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
08 Jan 1982
AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies
08 Jan 1982
Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
08 Jan 1982
Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM pending since
08 Jan 1984
NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
08 Jan 1984
Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1
08 Jan 1984
AFC Championship LA Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Raiders beat Seattle Seahawks 30-14
08 Jan 1984
NFC Championship RFK Stadium Washington D.C. Washington Redskins beat San Francisco 49ers 24-21
08 Jan 1985
Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halleys Comet
08 Jan 1986
Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year
08 Jan 1987
Dow Jones closes above 2000 for 1st time (2002.25)
08 Jan 1987
Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
08 Jan 1988
9th largest NBA crowd 38873-Chicago at Detroit
08 Jan 1988
Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
08 Jan 1988
US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
08 Jan 1989
42nd Street closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 3486 performances
08 Jan 1989
Starlight Express closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 761 performances
08 Jan 1989
Boeing 737-400 crashes at Kegworth England 46 die
08 Jan 1989
Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
08 Jan 1989
AFC Championship Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati Cincinnati Bengals beat Buffalo Bills 21-10
08 Jan 1989
NFC Championship Soldier Field Chicago San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears 28-3
08 Jan 1991
Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
08 Jan 1991
Gaylord Perry Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame
08 Jan 1991
Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try
08 Jan 1991
Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (412.36)
08 Jan 1993
Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
08 Jan 1993
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Michael Stich beats Emilio Snchez of Spain 7-5 6-3 for a 2-0 win and Germanys first title
08 Jan 1994
Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (151.60)
08 Jan 1994
Russian manned space craft TM-18 launches into orbit
08 Jan 1994
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
08 Jan 1995
Guys & Dolls closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1143 performances
08 Jan 1995
15th United Negro College Fund raises 12200000
08 Jan 1996
Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths
08 Jan 1996
For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
08 Jan 1998
NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
08 Jan 1998
World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life
08 Jan 2000
Music City Miracle in AFC Wild Card Playoff Tennessee Titans defeat Buffalo Bills 22-16 in last 16 seconds with Kevin Dyson running length of the field for a game-winning touchdown
08 Jan 2000
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Amanda Coetzer & Wayne Ferreira wrap up South Africas first title (3-0) with an abbreviated 8-1 mixed doubles win over Tamarine Tanasugarn & Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand
08 Jan 2001
The identities of 2 boys who murdered a toddler in 1993 will be kept secret the High Court rules
08 Jan 2004
The RMS Queen Mary 2 the largest passenger ship ever built is christened by her namesakes granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II.
08 Jan 2005
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Dominik Hrbat beats Guillermo Coria of Argentina 6-4 6-1 for an unassailable 2-0 lead and 2nd Slovakian title
08 Jan 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.
08 Jan 2008
New Jersey officially apologizes for slavery becoming the first Northern state to do so.
08 Jan 2009
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Costa Ricas region of Volcan Pos with an epicenter near Cinchona. It was caused by Varablanca-Angel fault.
08 Jan 2009
14th Critics Choice Movie Awards Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Film
08 Jan 2011
Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13 including Giffords
08 Jan 2011
Hopman Cup Tennis Perth Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands & John Isner beat Belgian pair Justine Henin & Ruben Bemelmans 6-1 6-3 to clinch a 2-1 victory 6th title for the United States
08 Jan 2012
The 316 Game AFC Wild Card Playof underdogs Denver Broncos defeat Pittsburgh Steelers 2923 with Tim Tebow connecting with Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on first scrimmage play of overtime
08 Jan 2013
130 wildfires across Australias east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
08 Jan 2013
2130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels
08 Jan 2014
40th Peoples Choice Awards Johnny Depp & Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Josh Charles & Stana Kati win (Dramatic TV)
08 Jan 2018
College Football National Championship 1 Alabama overcomes a 13-0 half time deficit to beat 2 Georgia 26-23
08 Jan 2018
US record year for cost of natural disasters announced - 306 billion in 2017
08 Jan 2018
Self-declared republic of Somaliland passes its first ever law against rape
08 Jan 1945
University of Kentucky Wildcats mens basketball team sets an NCAA record by holding Arkansas State to 6 points in a 75-6 win
08 Jan 1956
Elvis Presleys Dont Be Cruel and Hound Dog single goes 1 and stays 1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
08 Jan 1989
Starlight Express closes at Gershwin Theater in NYC after 761 performances
08 Jan 2018
College Football National Championship Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta 4 Alabama beats 3 Georgia 26-23
08 Jan 1716
Amsterdam gang leader and thief Sjako arrested
08 Jan 2020
Iran launches missile strike on Irbil and Al Asad bases in Iraqi housing some American troops in retaliation to assassination of General Qasem Soleimani
08 Jan 1954
Jerry Vivino American rock and R&B saxophonist (Max Weinberg 7 Vivino Brothers) born in Paterson New Jersey
08 Jan 1966
The Who and The Kinks perform on the last Shindig TV show on ABC
08 Jan 1310
The Great Frost in London the Thames river froze so thickly bonfires were lit on it
08 Jan 1734
Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London
08 Jan 1861
US Civil War Union forces abandon Fort Barrancas in favor of Fort Pikens on Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola Florida
08 Jan 1923
Romanian conductor George Enesco makes his American debut leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City
08 Jan 1932
Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter
08 Jan 1981
MLB Cincinnati Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
08 Jan 2014
First known interstellar meteor to ever hit Earth - CNEOS -01-08 crash lands in Papua New Guinea [1]
08 Jan 1656
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper Weeckelycke Courante van Europa (Haarlems Dagblad) still in printed circulation begins publication in Haarlem Netherlands
08 Jan 1856
Dr John Veatch discovers large disports of borax at Tuscan Springs California
08 Jan 1912
Chiefs representatives of peoples and church organizations and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms
08 Jan 1947
General George Marshall becomes US Secretary of State
08 Jan 1973
Jerry Blatt and Lonnie Bursteins musical Tricks based on Molires classic The Pranks of Scapin and starring Ren Auberjonois opens at Alvin Theater NYC runs for 8 performances
08 Jan 1979
French oil tanker MV Betelgeuse explodes while offloading its cargo in Bantry Bay West Cork Ireland killing 50 crew members a salvage diver also dies later
08 Jan 1982
US Justice Department withdraws anti-trust suit against IBM pending since 1969
08 Jan 1984
Washington Capitals Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1
08 Jan 1438
Pope Eugene IV tries to break the power of the Council of Basel by transferring it to Ferrara
08 Jan 1656
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper Weeckelycke Courante van Europa now known as Haarlems Dagblad still in printed circulation begins publication in Haarlem Netherlands
08 Jan 1675
First American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co.)
08 Jan 1708
Spanish Armada headed by the San Jos and loaded with gold sinks after a British squadron attacks off the coast of Colombia (rediscovered in 2015)
08 Jan 1853
First US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) is unveiled in Washington D.C.
08 Jan 1906
Landslide kills 20 people in Haverstraw New York caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River
08 Jan 1908
First subway tunnel connecting Manhattan with Brooklyn under the East River opens in New York City [1]
08 Jan 1923
Romanian conductor George Enescu makes his American debut leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City
08 Jan 1925
First all-female US state supreme court appointed in Texas
08 Jan 1929
First telephone connection between the Netherlands and the West Indies
08 Jan 1940
Britains first World War II rationing includes bacon butter and sugar
08 Jan 1961
Bollingen Prize for Poetry is awarded to Yvor Winters
08 Jan 1962
Dutch express train crashes into a slow commuter train killing 93 people
08 Jan 1966
British rock bands The Who and The Kinks perform on the last Shindig TV show on ABC
08 Jan 1966
The Beatles Rubber Soul album goes to 1 and stays 1 for six weeks while the single We Can Work It Out also charts at 1 for three weeks
08 Jan 1974
Earl Wilson Jr. and Phil Oestermans musical Let My People Come premieres in NYC
08 Jan 1974
Silver hits a record 3.40 an ounce in New York
08 Jan 1987
Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2000 for 1st time (2002.25)
08 Jan 1988
Dow Jones Industrial Average down 140.58 points
08 Jan 2020
Duke and Duchess of Sussex announce they are stepping back as senior royals will work towards becoming financially independent
08 Jan 2020
Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashes just after take-off from Tehran Iran killing all 176 people on board
08 Jan 2021
Storm Filomena hits Spain with 50cm (20 inches) of snow falling on Madrid resulting in four deaths and leaving thousands stranded
08 Jan 2022
Dan Campbells Detroit Lions finish the season with a 98 record achieving their first winning season since 2017
08 Jan 2022
The United Kingdom passes 150000 COVID-19 deaths the first country in Europe and the seventh globally [1]
08 Jan 2023
China loosens travel restrictions and reopens its borders after nearly three years [1]
08 Jan 2023
United Cup Tennis Ken Rosewall Arena Sydney Australia US wins inaugural event 4-0 over Italy
08 Jan 2024
Electronics brand LG unveils their Signature OLED T the worlds first wireless TV with a transparent screen at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas [1]
08 Jan 2024
The decision to seize Andrew Tates assets is overturned by Bucharests Court of Appeal after a successful appeal ordering a new trial over the assets
08 Jan 2024
US Army veteran Henry Robby Robinson (98) is awarded Frances Medal of Honor for his service in WWII by French Ambassador to the US in a ceremony in Las Vegas Nevada Robinson worked as a scout behind enemy lines fought in the Battle of the Bulge participated in the liberation of the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps and served as a guard during the Nuremberg Trials
08 Jan 2024
Vulcan NASAs first commercially financed moon mission launches from Cape Canaveral Florida but its lander Peregrine develops problems soon after [1]
08 Jan 1656
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper Weeckelycke Courante van Europa now known as Haarlems Dagblad and still in print begins publication in Haarlem Netherlands
08 Jan 1708
Spanish treasure fleet led by the San Jos and loaded with gold sinks after a British squadron attacks off the coast of Colombia (rediscovered in 2015)
08 Jan 1833
Boston Academy of Music first US music school is established
08 Jan 1835
US national debt reaches 0 for the first and only time in history
08 Jan 1962
21-year-old future Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus makes his first professional appearance tied 50th in Los Angeles Open
08 Jan 1963
Dmitri Shostakovich opera Katharina Ismailova premieres in Riga
08 Jan 1966
The Beatles album Rubber Soul goes to 1 and stays there for six weeks while the single We Can Work It Out also charts at 1 for three weeks
08 Jan 1974
Price of gold hits record 126.50 an ounce in London
08 Jan 1991
Davis Rules starring Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC
08 Jan 1996
For the first time in 25 years no one is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
08 Jan 1998
Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
08 Jan 1998
World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life in prison
08 Jan 2008
Joe Gibbs retires for the second time as head coach of the Washington Redskins
08 Jan 2013
Steve Nash becomes 5th NBA player to record 10000th career assists playing for the LA Lakers against Houston - Lakers still lose 125112
08 Jan 2014
First known interstellar meteor to hit Earth CNEOS -01-08 crash lands in Papua New Guinea [1]
08 Jan 2020
Singer Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease an infectious disease spread by ticks
08 Jan 2024
Vulcan NASAs first commercially financed moon mission launches from Cape Canaveral Florida but its lander Peregrine develops problems soon after [1]