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Historical Events
on January 8th
- Lead Story
- Crazy Horse fights last battle,1877
- American Revolution
- President George Washington delivers first State of the Union,1790
- Automotive
- Bugatti brother commits suicide,1916
- Civil War
- Confederate General James Longstreet born,1821
- Cold War
- Chinese leader Zhou Enlai dies,1976
- Crime
- Husband Reported Missing in Virginia's McKown Case,1969
- Disaster
- Cargo plane crashes into crowded market,1996
- General Interest
- Astronomer Galileo dies in Italy,1642
- The Battle of New Orleans,1815
- Congress expands suffrage in nation's capital,1867
- Allies retreat from Gallipoli,1916
- Wilson announces his 14 Points,1918
- Mona Lisa exhibited in Washington,1962
- Hollywood
- William Randolph Hearst stops Citizen Kane ads,1941
- Literary
- Ragtime wins the National Book Critics Circle Award,1976
- Music
- Elvis Presley receives his first guitar,1946
- Old West
- Crazy Horse fights his final battle,1877
- Presidential
- Jackson leads troops to victory at New Orleans,1815
- Wilson delivers Fourteen Points speech,1918
- Sports
- Music City Miracle,2000
- Vietnam War
- Operation Cedar Falls is launched,1967
- Peace talks resume in Paris,1973
- World War I
- Wilson outlines the Fourteen Points,1917
- World War II
- Mussolini questions Hitler's plans,1940
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