08 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 08 is the day number 8 in a given year. January 08 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1026	Sultan Mahmud looted the Somnath temple and destroyed it.
1198	After Lotario de Conti was elected as Pope Innocent III, hisfirst act was the restoration of the papal power in Rome.
1642	Italian physicist astronomer and scholar Galileo Galile died at the age of 78.
1697	Scottish student Thomas Aikenhead became the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy.
1705	George Frederick Handel premiered "Almeira" in Hamburg.
1716	Dutch gang leader "Sajko" was arrested.
1734	George Friedrich Handel's Ariandant premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1745	Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and anti-Saxony signed the Prussian Quadruple Alliance.
1790	The President of the United States, George Washington, gave the first address of the University State in New York City.
1790	George Washington delivered the first State of the Union Address in New York City, then the provisional capital of the United States.
1790	America's first President George Washington addressed the country for the first time.
1800	Wild boy Aveyron was discovered in southern France.
1800	Austria defeated France in the Second Battle of Navi.
1811	The German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in United States history, took place in Louisiana.
1815	American forces led by General Andrew Jackson defeated the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans, two weeks after the United States and the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Ghent to end the War of 1812.
1835	For the only time in history, the United States public debt contract was void.
1836	The London and Greenwich Railway opened its first section, the first railway station in London, England.
1842	Delft University of Technology established the Royal Academy for the Education of Civil Engineers by William II of the Netherlands.
1856	A large amount of Borox deposits were discovered in California by John Vecht.
1856	Dr. John Veitch discovered 'borax' hydrated sodium borate).
1884	Keshav Chandra Sen, the nationalist leader of Bengal and the speaker of Brahmas Samaj, died in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1889	Statistician Herman Hollerith received a patent for isoelectric tabulating machine, the precursor to modern computers.
1889	Hermann Hollerith received a patent for the invention of the punch card tabulating machine.
1904	Blackstone Library , the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.
1920	The steel strike of 1919, an attempt to organize the United States steel industry in the wake of World War I, collapsed in complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
1929	The first telephone contact was established between the Netherlands and the West Indies.
1940	The British government introduced ration cards for butter, bacon, ham and sugar.
1952	8 million refugees were found within the borders of West Germany.
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.
1958	14-year-old Bobby Fisher won the United States Chess Championship.
1961	A referendum was held in France over Algeria's independence. Algeria recorded only 69 percent of the vote in favor.
1964	During his State of the Union address, U.S. President Lyndon B.Johnson declared a 'War on Poverty'.
1968	Martin Luther King, the leader of the Blacks' struggle in America, was shot dead by unknown invaders, leading to his death.
1973	Space mission of Russia launched Luna 21.
1977	Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing 37 people.
1979	The oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal off Bantry Bay, Ireland, killing approximately 50 people.
1991	A local farmer reported a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence,France, claimed to be 'perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time'.
1994	TM-18, the Russian manned spacecraft has been launched into orbit.
1995	After giving 1143 performances at Martin Beck Theater New York city the “Guys and Dolls” closes.
1996	No one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the 25 years. It was held for the 1st time that no one elected.
1996	An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashed into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 237 on the ground.
1996	Zirion cargo plane Kinshasa crashed in a crowded market, killing 300 people.
1998	Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the bomber of World Trade Center has been sentenced to life.
2003	Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashed in extensive fog during final approach to Diyarbakir Airport in Turkey, leaving only five survivors out of 80 people on board.
2004	RMS Queen Mary 2 at the time the longest, widestand tallest passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake'sgranddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2009	A 6.1 magnitude earthquake in the northern region of Costa Rica left 15 dead and 32 others injured.
2010	The Parliament in Portugal has given an approval for same sex marriage. The Parliament has legalized the bill.
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, killing three.
2011	The Chinese prosecutors claimed that over 600 people are killed in Yunnan over a seven years period from official misconduct.
2011	In Tucson, Arizona, US, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire on an outdoor public meeting, killing six people and injuring twelve others.
2012	15 Georgian soldiers are released through the efforts made by the Somalian Government after a year of being hostage by pirates.
2013	The 2012 weather is recorded as the hottest year ever recorded ever by the US scientists. They declared it to be hottest.
2014	The nominations of 67th British Academy Film Awards are announced. Sandra Bullock is nominated for the best actress for her film Gravity. This is directed by Alfonso Cuaron.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1965	The first film of Indian cinema, 'Do Bigha Zameen', which won international acclaim, its filmmaker Bimal Roy died.
1984	The first Indian woman pilot Sushma Mukhopadhyay passed away.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1909	Ashapoorna Devi / Poet / India
1908	Fearless Nadia / Actress / India
1909	Ashapoorna Devi / Poet / India
1909	Ashapurna Devi / Novelist / India
1925	Mohan Rakesh / Author / India
1926	Kelucharan Mohapatra / Choreographer / India
1929	Saeed Jaffrey / Actor / India
1939	Nanda / Actress / India
1966	Pankaj Berry / Actor / India
1975	Harris Jayaraj / Composer / India

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