History Events on January 08

An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.

#Antonov_An-32

World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.

#Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines

Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.

#President_of_Pakistan

The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.

#Arizona

The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.

#USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711)

Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.

#Soviet_Union

Crown Prince Nguy?n Phúc V?nh Thu? ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.

#B?o_??i

Breakup of the Bell System: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.

#Breakup_of_the_Bell_System

Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

#Watergate_scandal

The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

#George_Frideric_Handel

World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.

#World_War_II

The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.

#Blackstone_Library

Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.

#Air_Midwest_Flight_5481

The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.

#Steel_strike_of_1919

A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".

#Trans-en-Provence_Case

American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.

#American_Civil_War

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

#Leonardo_da_Vinci

Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbak?r Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.

#Turkish_Airlines_Flight_634

Cape Colony becomes a British colony.

#Cape_Colony

Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.

#Alfred_the_Great

Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.

#Jacobite_rising_of_1745

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

#War_of_1812

Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.

#Operation_Auca

The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.

#Papal_bull

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

#Woodrow_Wilson

François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.

#François_Grimaldi

The United States national debt is zero for the only time.

#National_debt_of_the_United_States

President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

#George_W._Bush

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

#Lyndon_B._Johnson

Kashf-e hijab decree is enforced by Reza Shah ordering the police to physically remove the Hijab from any woman in public.

#Kashf-e_hijab

The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).

#African_National_Congress

Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.

#Front_for_the_Liberation_of_the_Enclave_of_Cabinda

Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.

#Kegworth_air_disaster

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

#George_Washington

Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.

#Herman_Hollerith

Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.

#Louis_XII_of_France

Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.

The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

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.

Password Plus debuts on NBC.

Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.

Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.

In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.

Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.

Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.

African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.

The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.

An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.

The first Lithuanian-language book, Simple Words of Catechism, is published in Königsberg.

Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.