On this day: January 8
Events
Founding of Royal Netherlands NavyJanuary 8, 1488 · Companies
Battle of New OrleansJanuary 8, 1815 · Wars & Conflicts
Trucial StatesJanuary 8, 1820 – December 2, 1971 · World History
Founding of Westinghouse Electric CorporationJanuary 8, 1886 · Companies
Kingdom of Nejd and HejazJanuary 8, 1926 – September 23, 1932 · World History
Release of Man with a Movie CameraJanuary 8, 1929 · Film
Battles of RzhevJanuary 8, 1942 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of Grupo TelevisaJanuary 8, 1973 · Companies
Heisei eraJanuary 8, 1989 – April 30, 2019 · World History
Founding of CheryJanuary 8, 1997 · Companies- Release of BlackstarJanuary 8, 2016 · Music
Born on this day
Su ShiJanuary 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101 · Art
Callixtus IIIJanuary 8, 1379 – August 15, 1458 · World History- Johannes FabriciusJanuary 8, 1587 – March 19, 1616 · Science
Samuel von PufendorfJanuary 8, 1632 – October 1694 · Culture
Elisabetta SiraniJanuary 8, 1638 – August 28, 1665 · Art
Jacques-François BlondelJanuary 8, 1705 – January 9, 1774 · Culture
Sigismond ThalbergJanuary 8, 1812 – April 27, 1871 · Music
Alfred Russel WallaceJanuary 8, 1823 – November 7, 1913 · Science
Hans von BülowJanuary 8, 1830 – February 12, 1894 · Music
Lawrence Alma-TademaJanuary 8, 1836 – June 25, 1912 · Art
Fanny Bullock WorkmanJanuary 8, 1859 – January 22, 1925 · Exploration
Emily Greene BalchJanuary 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961 · Politics
Frank Watson DysonJanuary 8, 1868 – May 25, 1939 · Science
Pavel FilonovJanuary 8, 1883 – December 3, 1941 · Art
Richard CourantJanuary 8, 1888 – January 27, 1972 · Science
Walther BotheJanuary 8, 1891 – February 8, 1957 · Science
Jaromír WeinbergerJanuary 8, 1896 – August 8, 1967 · Music- Carl Gustav HempelJanuary 8, 1905 – November 9, 1997 · Science
Jean HyppoliteJanuary 8, 1907 – October 26, 1968 · Culture
William HartnellJanuary 8, 1908 – April 23, 1975 · Exploration
José FerrerJanuary 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992 · Film
Tadashi ImaiJanuary 8, 1912 – November 22, 1991 · Film
Joseph WeizenbaumJanuary 8, 1923 – March 5, 2008 · Science
Ron MoodyJanuary 8, 1924 – June 11, 2015 · Music
Elvis PresleyJanuary 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977 · Music
Robert May, Baron May of OxfordJanuary 8, 1936 – April 28, 2020 · Science
Graham ChapmanJanuary 8, 1941 – October 4, 1989 · Music
Boris VallejoJanuary 8, 1941 – present · Art
Vyacheslav ZudovJanuary 8, 1942 – June 12, 2024 · Space
Kadir TopbaşJanuary 8, 1945 – February 13, 2021 · Culture
Robby KriegerJanuary 8, 1946 – present · Music
David BowieJanuary 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016 · Music
John McTiernanJanuary 8, 1951 – present · Film- Rosaly LopesJanuary 8, 1957 – present · Science
Dave WecklJanuary 8, 1960 – present · Music
Pascal ObispoJanuary 8, 1965 – present · Art
R. KellyJanuary 8, 1967 – present · Music
Nina KusturicaJanuary 8, 1975 – present · Film
Jenny LewisJanuary 8, 1976 – present · Music
Amber BensonJanuary 8, 1977 – present · Film
Sarah PolleyJanuary 8, 1979 – present · Film
Sam RileyJanuary 8, 1980 – present · Film
Sam LevinsonJanuary 8, 1985 – present · Film
Jack AndrakaJanuary 8, 1997 – present · Technology