On This Day in History

January 8

Historical Events

1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, Weeckelycke Courante van Europa, still in printed circulation begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands.

1790 First US President George Washington delivers the first state of the union address.

1835 US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history.

1912 Chiefs, representatives of people's and church organizations, and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms.

1926 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in American custody after being extradited to the United States

2016 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announces the recapture of drug lordJoaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, six months after he escaped prison

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Famous Birthdays

George Childress 1804 - 1841 Elvis Presley 1935 - 1977

David Bowie 1947 - 2016 Kim Jong-un 41st Birthday

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Famous Deaths

Marco Polo 1254 - 1324 Robert Baden-Powell 1857 - 1941

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A Crackdown on Lovers in New York

New York wasn't always a free and easy city. Time was when not only adultery was a crime, but even looking at a lady in the wrong way could land a guy in trouble..

A Crackdown on Lovers