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.
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.
1979 : The United States advises the Shah to leave Iran.
1982 : AT&T agrees to divest 22 subdivisions as part of an antitrust agreement.
1994 : Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station; he will spend a record 437 days in space.
2002 : US President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act, intended to improve America’s educational system.
2004 : The largest passenger ship in history, the RMS Queen Mary 2, is christened by Queen Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Queen Mary.
2011 : An attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is part of a shooting spree in which Jared Lee Loughner kills 6 and wounds 13.
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.
1938 : Bob Eubanks, popular US TV game show host (The Newlywed Game).
1941 : Graham Chapman, comedian, actor, member of the Monty Python group.
1947 : David Bowie, singer, songwriter, producer, actor (“Starman”).
2011 : Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda), and Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander).
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.
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.
1979 : The United States advises the Shah to leave Iran.
1982 : AT&T agrees to divest 22 subdivisions as part of an antitrust agreement.
1994 : Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station; he will spend a record 437 days in space.
2002 : US President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act, intended to improve America’s educational system.
2004 : The largest passenger ship in history, the RMS Queen Mary 2, is christened by Queen Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Queen Mary.
2011 : An attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is part of a shooting spree in which Jared Lee Loughner kills 6 and wounds 13.
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.
1938 : Bob Eubanks, popular US TV game show host (The Newlywed Game).
1941 : Graham Chapman, comedian, actor, member of the Monty Python group.
1947 : David Bowie, singer, songwriter, producer, actor (“Starman”).
2011 : Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda), and Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander).
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