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
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2016 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announces the recapture of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán six months after his escape from prison
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Famous Birthdays
Also David Bowie and Shirley Bassey (88)
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Famous Deaths
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A Crackdown on Lovers in New York
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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..
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