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January 8 in History
Historical Events on January 8
307
Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by Jin Huaidi.
387
Siyaj K'ak' conquers Waka
871
Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
1297
François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
1454
The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.
1499
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany.
1547
The first Lithuanian-language book, Simple Words of Catechism, is published in Königsberg.
1735
Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1746
Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
1790
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
1806
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
1811
An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
1815
War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1828
The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
1835
The United States national debt is zero for the only time.
1863
American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield
1867
African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
1877
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
1889
Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
1904
The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
1912
The African National Congress is founded.
1918
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
1920
The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
1926
Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam.
1936
Kashf-e hijab decree is enforced by Reza Shah ordering the police to physically remove the Hijab from any woman in public.
1940
World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
1945
World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
1956
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
1961
In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
1963
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.
1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
1971
Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
1973
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
1973
Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
1975
Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
1977
Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
1979
Password Plus debuts on NBC.
1981
A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
1982
Breakup of the Bell System: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
1989
Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
1992
US President George H. W. Bush vomits on Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa
1994
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.
1996
An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
2002
President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
2003
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
2003
Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
2004
The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2005
The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
2009
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
2010
Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.
2011
The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.
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