January 08

Saturday 08, 2005:

The trans-Neptunian object 2003 UB<sub>313</SUB> is discovered.

Thursday 08, 2004:

Queen Elizabeth names the Queen Mary II cruise liner, the largest passenger ship ever built.

Wednesday 08, 2003:

US Airways flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina killing all 21 people aboard.

Saturday 08, 2000:

The Music City Miracle a play during the NFL playoffs.

Friday 08, 1999:

Cosmologists announce that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing.

Thursday 08, 1998:

Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the World Trade Center bombing and for planning Project Bojinka.

Wednesday 08, 1997:

computer processer Pentium MMX introduced by Intel.

Monday 08, 1996:

An Antonov 32 cargo jet crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350

Saturday 08, 1994:

Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He will stay on the space station till March 22, 1995 for a record 437 days in space.

Wednesday 08, 1992:

President of the United States George H. W. Bush becomes ill on a visit in Japan and vomits on the Japanese Prime Minister.

Sunday 08, 1989:

beginning of Japanese Heisei era

Thursday 08, 1987:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 8.30 to close at 2,002.25 -- The Dow's first close above 2,000.

Wednesday 08, 1986:

Hacker Manifesto written.

Friday 08, 1982:

AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.

Saturday 08, 1977:

Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.

Wednesday 08, 1975:

Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband.

Monday 08, 1973:

Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of placing bugs in Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

Saturday 08, 1966:

Operation Crimp of the Vietnam War.

Wednesday 08, 1964:

President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.

Monday 08, 1962:

Harmelen train disaster.

Thursday 08, 1959:

Michel Debré becomes Prime Minister of France

Wednesday 08, 1958:

14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.

Thursday 08, 1953:

René Mayer becomes Prime Minister of France.

Tuesday 08, 1935:

A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

Tuesday 08, 1918:

President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.

Saturday 08, 1916:

World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.

Friday 08, 1926:

Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.

Wednesday 08, 1908:

A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.

Monday 08, 1906:

A landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 due to the excavation of clay along the Hudson River.

Monday 08, 1900:

United States President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.

Monday 08, 1894:

A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois causes a good deal of damage.

Tuesday 08, 1889:

Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine.

Monday 08, 1877:

Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry (Montana).

Tuesday 08, 1867:

African American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia.

Thursday 08, 1863:

Battle of Springfield of the American Civil War is fought.

Tuesday 08, 1856:

Borax is discovered (John Veatch).

Monday 08, 1838:

Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).

Sunday 08, 1815:

War of 1812: In the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.

Tuesday 08, 1811:

Unsuccessful slave revolt led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.

Wednesday 08, 1806:

Cape Colony becomes a British colony.

Friday 08, 1790:

George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.

Saturday 08, 1746:

Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.

Friday 08, 1734:

Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Sunday 08, 1499:

Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany

Tuesday 08, 1297:

Monaco gains its independence.

Thursday 08, 1198:

Innocent III becomes Pope.

Thursday 08, 871:

Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army.

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