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08 January, 2006
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea
08 January, 2004
The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesakes granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
08 January, 2002
President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
08 January, 1996
An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.
08 January, 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.
08 January, 1989
The Kegworth air disaster kills 47 people in Leicestershire, England.
08 January, 1989
Beginning of Japanese Heisei era.
08 January, 1982
AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
08 January, 1979
The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland (The Betelgeuse incident).
08 January, 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.
08 January, 1973
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
08 January, 1973
Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
08 January, 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
08 January, 1962
Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
08 January, 1962
The Harmelen train disaster kills 93 people in The Netherlands.
08 January, 1961
In France, a referendum supports Charles de Gaulles policies in Algeria.
08 January, 1959
Fidel Castros Cuban Revolution is completed with the take over of Santiago de Cuba.
08 January, 1956
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
08 January, 1940
World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
08 January, 1926
Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.
08 January, 1922
The Social Democratic Youth League of Norway is founded.
08 January, 1920
The Czechoslovak Hussite Church is founded by Dr. Karel Farský.
08 January, 1918
President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
08 January, 1916
World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.
08 January, 1912
The African National Congress is founded.
08 January, 1908
A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17 people, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
08 January, 1906
A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
08 January, 1900
President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
08 January, 1877
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain (Montana Territory).
08 January, 1867
African American men granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
08 January, 1863
American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield
08 January, 1838
Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
08 January, 1835
The United States national debt is 0 for the first and only time.
08 January, 1815
War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans - Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
08 January, 1811
A unsuccessful slave revolt was led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
08 January, 1806
Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
08 January, 1790
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address address in New York City.
08 January, 1746
Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
08 January, 1734
Premiere of George Frideric Handels Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
08 January, 1499
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany.
08 January, 1297
Monaco gains its independence.
08 January, 871
Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army.

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