January 8

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2021

Donald Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter due to the risk of further incitement of violence.

2020

Justin Bieber posted on Instagram that he has Lyme disease, a bacterial illness spread by ticks.

2013

Twenty One Pilots released their third studio album called 'Vessel.'

2010

Giant self-rolling snowballs were found in the UK.

2006

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the entire Eastern Mediterranean.

1992

Japanese prime minister treated president George H. W. Bush to dinner, and Bush threw up on the host.

1973

The unmanned space mission Luna 21 was launched.

1964

During his State of the Union address, US President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a 'War on Poverty.'

1918

The state of Mississippi became the first to accept the prohibition of alcohol.

1835

The US wasn’t in debt on this day.

1816

Mathematician Sophie Germain became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Paris Academy of Sizes Prize for her theory of surface vibrations.

1790

The first President of the United States, George Washington, delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City.

1656

The world’s oldest newspaper, Haarlem, published its first paper in the Netherlands.