On This Very Day
January 8th
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- 1297
Monaco declares its independence.
- 1310
The Great Frost: London's Thames River freezes, allowing bonfires on its surface.
- 1806
Explorer William Clark observes a 105 ft whale skeleton in modern Oregon.
- 1835
U.S. national debt reaches $0 for the first and only time in history.
- 1988
Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator.
- 2014
First known interstellar meteor, CNEOS 2014-01-08, lands in Papua New Guinea.
- 1994
Valeri Polyakov begins his record 437-day spaceflight aboard Mir space station.
- 1959
Charles de Gaulle becomes President of France, influencing French politics with Gaullism.
- 1942
Birth of Stephen Hawking, renowned English physicist.
- 1935
Elvis Presley, iconic American singer and actor, is born.
- 1642
Death of astronomer Galileo Galilei in Arcetri, Italy.
- 1958
Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14. View Post →
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- 1877
Crazy Horse engages in his final battle.
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