Historical events on January 8
JANUARY 8, 1991
Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census,
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JANUARY 8, 2010
Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, killing three people.
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda is a guerrilla and political movement fighting for the independence of the
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JANUARY 8, 1735
George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
JANUARY 8, 1918
U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points for a moral cause and for post–World War I peace in Europe.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to
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JANUARY 8, 1889
American statistician Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electromechanical tabulating machine for punched-card data.
Herman Hollerith was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing
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JANUARY 8, 1972
Following Pakistan's defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released Bangladeshi politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured) from prison in response to international pressure.
The Pakistani Instrument of Surrender was a legal document signed between India and Pakistan to end the Bangladesh Liberation War and the
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JANUARY 8, 1904
Blackstone Library (pictured), the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.
T. B. Blackstone Memorial Library is part of the Chicago Public Library (CPL) System and is named for library benefactor Timothy Blackstone.
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JANUARY 8, 1981
In Trans-en-Provence, France, a local farmer reported a UFO sighting claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
Trans-en-Provence is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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JANUARY 8, 1956
Five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were killed by the Huaorani in the rainforest of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching
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JANUARY 8, 1790
George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City, then the provisional capital of the United States.
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of
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JANUARY 8, 2011
Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by U.S. representative Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and injuring twelve others.
Jared Lee Loughner is an American mass murderer who pleaded guilty to 19 charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with
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JANUARY 8, 1198
Lotario dei Conti was elected as Pope Innocent III; he later worked to restore papal power in Rome.
The 1198 papal election was convoked after the death of Pope Celestine III; it ended with the election of Cardinal Lotario dei
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JANUARY 8, 1936
Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.
Reza Shah Pahlavi was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he
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