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On This Day In History for January 8, 2020
This is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining in 2020.
- It was on this date in 1790, that George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
- It was also this date in 1828 that The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
- January 8, 1835, The United States national debt is zero for the only time.
- It was on this date in 1889, Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’ — his punched card calculator.
- Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched on this date in 1973.
- It was 39 years ago today, that A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be “perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time”.
- January 8, 1982, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions as part of the breakup of the Bell System.
- It was on this date in 1994, that Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German astronomer and academic, Johannes Fabricius, born on this date in 1587.
- Frank Nelson Doubleday, the American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company was born 158 years ago today.
- German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Walther Bothe was born 129 years ago today.
- William Hartnell, the English actor was born 112 years ago today.
- Born January 8, 1911, American actress, dancer, and author Gypsy Rose Lee.
- German-American computer scientist and author, Joseph Weizenbaum, born on this date in 1923.
- American singer, guitarist, and actor, Elvis Presley was born 85 years ago today.
- American game show host and producer, Bob Eubanks is 82 today.
- Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter was born on that same date in 1941.
- Born January 8, 1942, English physicist and author Stephen Hawking.
Listener Birthdays (January 1-14)
- 03 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)
- 06 – Steve Therrien (Canada)
- 08 – Elvis!
- 09 – Lingo from the Brit & Yankee pubcast
- 14 – Glynne Tolar
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 8, 2020
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- Astronomers Have Found an Earth-Size Planet Practically Next-Door to Us
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