| 1815 |
|
A
rag-tag army under Andrew Jackson defeats the British on
the fields of Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans.
Old Hickory and the Pirate. |
| 1892 |
|
A
coal mine explosion kills 100 in McAlister, Oklahoma. |
| 1908 |
|
A
subway line opens linking the New York boroughs of
Brooklyn and Manhattan. |
| 1946 |
|
President
Harry S. Truman vows to stand by the Yalta accord on
self-determination for the Balkans.
Operation Vittles. |
| 1954 |
|
President
Dwight Eisenhower proposes stripping convicted
Communists of their U.S. citizenship. |
| 1963 |
|
President
John F. Kennedy attends the unveiling of the Mona Lisa. |
| 1979 |
|
The
United States advises the Shah to leave Iran. |
Born on January 8 |
| 1786 |
|
Nicholas
Biddle, head of the first United States bank. |
| 1862 |
|
Frank
Nelson Doubleday, founder of Doubleday publishing house. |
| 1935 |
|
Elvis
Presley, rock'n'roll singer, actor in over thirty films,
"The King." |
