January 8
1790 - President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City.
1815 - The last major engagement of the War of 1812 came to an end as U.S. forces defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, not having received word of the signing of a peace treaty.
1867 - The House of Representatives joined the Senate in overriding President Andrew Johnson's veto of the District of Columbia Suffrage Act, giving Black men in the nation's capital the right to vote.
1918 - President Woodrow Wilson outlined his "Fourteen Points" peace program.
1958 - Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship for the first time at age 14.
1959 - Charles de Gaulle became the first president of France's Fifth Republic.
1964 - In his State of the Union address to Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his "War on Poverty" initiative.
1982 - The AT&T Bell System telephone monopoly agreed to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies and split itself into seven "Baby Bells."
1998 - The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City, Ramzi Yousef, was sentenced to life in prison.
2011 - Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is among 17 shot by a gunman at a meeting outside a grocery store. Six people were killed, including U.S. District Court Judge John Roll, and a young girl. Police would identify the gunman as Jared Lee Loughner, who was sentenced in 2012 to seven consecutive life sentences plus 140 years.
2016 - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the world's most-wanted drug lord, was captured for a third time in a daring raid by Mexican marines, six months after walking through a tunnel to freedom from a maximum security prison.
2020 - Iran struck back at the United States for killing Iran's top military commander, firing missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing American troops. More than 100 U.S. service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after the attack. As Iran braced for a counterattack, the country's Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner after apparently mistaking it for a missile; all 176 people on board were killed.
2023 - Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refused to accept his election defeat, stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace in the capital, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Birthdays
23 - Kaylor Martin (reality star)
24 - Kaash Paige (singer)
30 - Rachel Cook (actress)
30 - Ryan Destiny (singer)
37 - Allison Harvard (model)
38 - Cynthia Erivo (actress)
44 - Genevieve Padalecki (actress)
43 - Gaby Hoffman (actress)
46 - Sarah Polley (film maker)
79 - Robby Krieger (musician)
85 - Cristy Lane (singer)
88 - Shirley Bassey (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 8
1901 - In Chicago, the first tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held.
1945 - The Kentucky men's basketball team sets an NCAA record by holding Arkansas to just six points in a 75-6 win.
1955 - Furman sets an NCAA single-game men's basketball scoring record with 154 points.
1955 - After 130 consecutive home wins, the Kentucky men's basketball team was defeated by Georgia Tech, 59-58. It was the Wildcats first home loss since January 2, 1943.
1957 - Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball.
1960 - The NCAA voted against reviving unlimited substitution in college football.
1962 - Jack Nicklaus makes his PGA Tour debut at the Los Angeles Open.
1972 - The NCAA announces freshman are eligible for varsity competition in the upcoming school year.
1980 - The NCAA votes to begin sanctioning championships in five women's sports.
1984 - The NCAA approves expansion of the Division I men's basketball tournament to 64 teams.
1984 - ABC purchased the remaining 85% of ESPN.
1986 - Willie McCovey becomes the 16th player to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
1991 - Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins and Rod Carew are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1993 - Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls became the 18th player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points and becomes the second-fastest (620 games) player to ever reach the milestone, behind only Wilt Chamberlain (499 games).
1994 - Dino Ciccarelli of the Detroit Red Wings became the 19th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1995 - Mike Schmidt is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 - For the first time in 25 years, no one is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2000 - In what has been dubbed the "Music City Miracle," the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills 22-16 in a wild AFC wild card playoff game that saw Kevin Dyson run the length of the field in the final 16 seconds to score the game-winning touchdown for the Titans.
2007 - Florida defeats Ohio State 41-14 to win the BCS National Championship.
2009 - Florida defeats Oklahoma 24-14 to win the BCS National Championship.
2012 - In an AFC wildcard playoff game dubbed "The 3:16 Game", the underdog Denver Broncos defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 which saw Tim Tebow connecting with Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first scrimmage play in overtime.
2013 - Steve Nash becomes the fifth player in NBA history to record 10,000 career assists.
2018 - Alabama defeats Georgia 26-23 to win the College Football Playoff national championship.
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