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On Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I. (Go to article.)
On Jan. 8, 1867, Emily Greene Balch, a leader of the women's movement for peace during and after World War I and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born. Following her death on Jan. 9, 1961, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On January 8, 1876, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Congress. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
1935 Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss.
1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.
1973 Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris.
1976 Chinese premier Chou En-lai died at age 78.
1982 AT&T settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1996 Former French president Francois Mitterrand died at age 79.
1998 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
2007 A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum of 15 years in prison for his role in the terror plot.
2008 U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, was cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
Current Birthdays
Stephen Hawking turns 68 years old today.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon Physicist Stephen Hawking turns 68 years old today.
87 Larry Storch
Actor ("F Troop")
82 Sander Vanocur
Broadcast journalist
77 Charles Osgood
Broadcast journalist
73 Shirley Bassey
Singer
72 Bob Eubanks
Game show host ("The Newlywed Game")
69 Anthony Gourdine
R&B singer (Little Anthony and the Imperials)
68 Bob Taft
Former governor of Ohio
64 Robby Krieger
Rock musician (The Doors)
63 David Bowie
Rock singer
59 John McTiernan
Director ("Die Hard" movies)
57 Bruce Sutter
Baseball Hall of Famer
45 Michelle Forbes
Actress
45 Maria Pitillo
Actress
43 R. Kelly
R&B singer
37 Sean Paul
Reggae singer
33 Amber Benson
Actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
31 Sarah Polley
Actress, director
27 Disashi Lumumbo-Kasongo
Rock musician (Gym Class Heroes)
Historic Birthdays
Emily Greene Balch
1/8/1867 - 1/9/1961
American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
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80 John Carroll
1/8/1735 - 12/3/1815
First Roman Catholic bishop in the United States
58 Nicholas Biddle
1/8/1786 - 2/27/1844
American financier
64 Hans von Bulow
1/8/1830 - 2/12/1894
German pianist and conductor
72 Frank Nelson Doubleday
1/8/1862 - 1/30/1934
American publisher
89 William T. Piper
1/8/1881 - 1/15/1970
American aircraft manufacturer
60 John Curtin
1/8/1885 - 7/5/1945
Australian prime minister
66 Walther Bothe
1/8/1891 - 2/8/1957
German atomic physicist
85 Carl R. Rogers
1/8/1902 - 2/4/1987
American psychologist
64 Peter Arno
1/8/1904 - 2/22/1968
American cartoonist
86 Evelyn Wood
1/8/1909 - 8/26/1995
American educator
80 Jose Ferrer
1/8/1912 - 1/26/1992
American actor and director
42 Elvis Presley
1/8/1935 - 8/16/1977
American singer
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