What Happened on January 8?
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EVENTS ON JANUARY 8
African National Congress
Year:
1912
The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
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Woodrow Wilson
Year:
1918
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I.
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William McKinley
Year:
1900
President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
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Herman Hollerith
Year:
1889
Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
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Crazy Horse
Year:
1877
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
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1919 General Steel Strike
Year:
1920
The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
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Ibn Saud
Year:
1926
Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
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World War II
Year:
1940
World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
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Commonwealth of the Philippines
Year:
1945
World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.
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Kashf-e hijab
Year:
1936
Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
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BIRTHS ON JANUARY 8
William Hartnell
Year of birth:
1908
William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975)
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Fearless Nadia
Year of birth:
1908
Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996)
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Carl Gustav Hempel
Year of birth:
1905
Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997)
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Karl Brandt
Year of birth:
1904
Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (died 1948)
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Evelyn Wood (teacher)
Year of birth:
1909
Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (died 1995)
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Bruce Mitchell (cricketer)
Year of birth:
1909
Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (died 1995)
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Lawrence Walsh
Year of birth:
1912
Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2014)
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Gypsy Rose Lee
Year of birth:
1911
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970)
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Galina Ulanova
Year of birth:
1910
Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998)
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Ashapurna Devi
Year of birth:
1909
Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (died 1995)
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DEATHS ON JANUARY 8
George Bellows
Year of death:
1925
George Bellows, American painter (born 1882)
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Josef Josephi
Year of death:
1920
Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (born 1852)
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Alexandre Stavisky
Year of death:
1934
Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (born 1886)
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Andrei Bely
Year of death:
1934
Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1880)
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Johnny Gruelle
Year of death:
1938
Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (born 1880)
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Ellis H. Roberts
Year of death:
1918
Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (born 1827)
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Rembrandt Bugatti
Year of death:
1916
Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (born 1884)
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Paul Verlaine
Year of death:
1896
Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (born 1844)
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William Rainey Marshall
Year of death:
1896
William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (born 1825)
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Simon Bolivar Buckner
Year of death:
1914
Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (born 1823)
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HOLIDAYS ON JANUARY 8
Severinus of Noricum
Christian feast day: Severinus of Noricum
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Pega
Christian feast day: Pega (Anglican and Roman Catholic churches)
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Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Roman Catholic Church)
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Thorfinn of Hamar
Christian feast day: Thorfinn of Hamar
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January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Typing Day
Typing Day (International observance)
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Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
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Babinden
Babinden (Belarus, Russia)
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Lucien of Beauvais
Christian feast day: Lucian of Beauvais
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Apollinaris Claudius
Christian feast day: Apollinaris Claudius
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