Daily Calendar for January 8th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• US: Battle of New Orleans Day

1640s

• Died 1642: Galileo (astronomer)

1680s

• Born 1682: Jonathan Belcher (Colonial governor and merchant)

1730s

• Born 1735: John Carrol (founded Georgetown University)

1790s

• 1790: First State of the Union message, delivered by President George Washington

• 1790: President George Washington delivered first State of the Union address

• 1798: The 11th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, modifying the power of the Supreme Court, was ratified

1800s

• 1800: First soup kitchens opened in London for the relief of the poor

• 1806: Lewis and Clark saw a 105-foot-long whale skeleton in NW Oregon

1810s

• 1815: Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812)

1820s

• Born 1823: Alfred Wallace (naturalist)

• Died 1825: Eli Whitney (inventor)

1860s

• Born 1862: Frank Nelson Doubleday (publisher)

1870s

• 1870: Joseph Lister published the results of his study of antiseptic surgical methods. His use of carbolic acid to sterilize instuments and wounds trebles the survival rate of his patients150 Years Ago

1910s

• 1918: President Wilson delivered his "Fourteen Points" speech, suggesting the creation of a League of Nations

1920s

• Born 1923: Larry Storch (actor)

1930s

• Born 1931: Bill Graham (producer)

• Born 1935: Elvis Presley (singer)

• Born 1938: Bob Eubanks (game show host)

1940s

• Born 1941: Graham Chapman (actor)

• Born 1942: Stephen Hawking (physicist)

• Born 1947: David Bowie (singer)

• Born 1949: Wolfgang Puck (chef)

1980s

• Born 1981: Jeff Francis (baseball player)

• Born 1982: Gaby Hoffmann (actress)

• 1987: The Dow Jones industrial stock average passed the 2,000 mark

1990s

• Died 1990: Terry-Thomas (comedian)

• 1996: In Singapore, a barge accidentally rammed Jacques Cousteau's Calypso, causing it to sink in the harbor (it was later raised)

2000s

• Died 2002: Dave Thomas (Wendy's fast food entrepreneur)

• Died 2002: Alexander Prokhorov (Russian scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 for work that led to the development of the laser)

• Died 2007: Iwao Takamoto (cartoonist; created Scooby Doo)

• Died 2007: Yvonne De Carlo (actress best known as Lily Munster on The Munsters)

2010s

• Died 2010: Art Clokey (creator of Gumby and Pokey)