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January 8 Events in History - January 8 Birthdays - January 8 Deaths
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January 8, 1998 New York Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position January 8, 1998 Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas January 8, 1998 Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer January 8, 1998 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life January 8, 1996 Blizzard buries eastern U.S. causing at least 50 deaths January 8, 1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame January 8, 1995 "Guys and Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1143 performances January 8, 1995 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000 January 8, 1995 Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame January 8, 1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60) January 8, 1994 Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit January 8, 1994 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis January 8, 1993 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point January 8, 1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale January 8, 1993 NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman January 8, 1992 George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap January 8, 1991 "Davis Rules," with Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV January 8, 1991 Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins and Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame January 8, 1991 Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try January 8, 1991 Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36) January 8, 1989 "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances January 8, 1989 "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 761 performances January 8, 1989 Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die January 8, 1989 Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons January 8, 1988 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit January 8, 1988 Dow Jones down 140.58 points January 8, 1988 Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator January 8, 1988 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas January 8, 1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25) January 8, 1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games January 8, 1986 Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year January 8, 1985 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet January 8, 1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams January 8, 1984 Washington Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1 January 8, 1982 AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies January 8, 1982 Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee January 8, 1982 Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM January 8, 1981 "Pirates of Penzance" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 772 performances January 8, 1981 India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia January 8, 1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner) January 8, 1980 Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0 January 8, 1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports January 8, 1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up January 8, 1979 Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord January 8, 1979 Today Show gets a new theme song January 8, 1979 Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh January 8, 1978 Israeli government votes to 'strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai January 8, 1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles January 8, 1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison January 8, 1974 E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in New York City January 8, 1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London January 8, 1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed January 8, 1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York January 8, 1973 "Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 8 performances January 8, 1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs. Pakistan at SCG January 8, 1973 Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris January 8, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 21 for Moon landing January 8, 1972 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow January 8, 1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall January 8, 1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California January 8, 1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established January 8, 1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on U.S. network TV January 8, 1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks January 8, 1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks January 8, 1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier January 8, 1966 Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC January 8, 1965 Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass) January 8, 1965 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History January 8, 1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan January 8, 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" January 8, 1963 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art January 8, 1963 Dmitri Shostakovitch' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga January 8, 1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) January 8, 1962 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th January 8, 1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters January 8, 1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic January 8, 1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana January 8, 1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken January 8, 1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 and stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) January 8, 1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt January 8, 1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak January 8, 1955 Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open January 8, 1955 WUNorth Carolina TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting January 8, 1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" January 8, 1953 Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts) January 8, 1953 Rene Mayer forms French government January 8, 1952 Jordan adopts constitution January 8, 1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda January 8, 1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances January 8, 1949 "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 95 performances January 8, 1949 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 134 performances January 8, 1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason January 8, 1947 Gen George Marshall becomes Secretary of State January 8, 1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game January 8, 1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes January 8, 1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns January 8, 1940 Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter and sugar) January 8, 1938 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs. Qld (1st innings) January 8, 1937 -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record) January 8, 1935 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy January 8, 1934 Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam January 8, 1932 Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter January 8, 1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses January 8, 1930 Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto January 8, 1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies January 8, 1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City January 8, 1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia January 8, 1925 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas January 8, 1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam January 8, 1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) January 8, 1918 President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I January 8, 1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy January 8, 1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager January 8, 1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen January 8, 1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) January 8, 1901 NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes January 8, 1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st U.S. national amateur handball championship January 8, 1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire January 8, 1889 1st Computer patented January 8, 1889 Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine January 8, 1884 Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz January 8, 1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley January 8, 1870 U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins January 8, 1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto January 8, 1865 Sen Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower January 8, 1857 Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in New York City January 8, 1856 Dr. John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California January 8, 1853 1st U.S. bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash January 8, 1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia January 8, 1842 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft January 8, 1838 1st telegraph message sent using dots and dashes (NJ) January 8, 1838 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out January 8, 1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established January 8, 1830 Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members January 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew January 8, 1806 Cape colony becomes English colony January 8, 1806 Lewis and Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon January 8, 1800 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi January 8, 1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France January 8, 1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed January 8, 1790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4) January 8, 1760 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth January 8, 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling January 8, 1745 England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance January 8, 1716 Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested January 8, 1705 Georg F Handels 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg January 8, 1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) January 8, 1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) January 8, 1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews January 8, 1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy January 8, 1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais January 8, 1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown January 8, 1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France January 8, 1198 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III January 8, 871 Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army January 8, 794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island January 8, 624 Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan |