On This Day: January 8

Updated January 7, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.

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On Jan. 8, 1867, Emily Greene Balch, a leader of the women’s movement for peace during and after World War I and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born. Following her death on Jan. 9, 1961, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.

1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

1912 The African National Congress was founded in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

1918 President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for peace after World War I.

1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France’s Fifth Republic.

1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.

1982 AT&T settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.

1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.

1998 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.

2007 A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum 15 years in prison.

2011 Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six people were killed and 12 others were injured. (Jared Lee Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges in connection with the shooting.)

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Physicist Stephen Hawking turns 70 years old today.

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Reggae singer Sean Paul turns 39 years old today.

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1923 Larry Storch, Actor (“F Troop”), turns 89

1933 Charles Osgood, Broadcast journalist, turns 79

1937 Shirley Bassey, Singer, turns 75

1938 Bob Eubanks, Game show host (“The Newlywed Game”), turns 74

1942 Bob Taft, Former governor of Ohio, turns 70

1946 Robby Krieger, Rock musician (The Doors), turns 66

1947 David Bowie, Rock singer, turns 65

1953 Bruce Sutter, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 59

1965 Michelle Forbes, Actress, turns 47

1967 R. Kelly, R&B singer, turns 45

1971 Jason Giambi, Baseball player, turns 41

1979 Sarah Polley, Actress, director, turns 33

Historic Birthdays

Emily Greene Balch 1/8/1867 – 1/9/1961 American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.Go to obituary »

80 John Carroll 1/8/1735 – 12/3/1815
First Roman Catholic bishop in the United States

58 Nicholas Biddle 1/8/1786 – 2/27/1844
American financier

64 Hans von Bulow 1/8/1830 – 2/12/1894
German pianist and conductor

72 Frank Nelson Doubleday 1/8/1862 – 1/30/1934
American publisher

89 William T. Piper 1/8/1881 – 1/15/1970
American aircraft manufacturer

60 John Curtin 1/8/1885 – 7/5/1945
Australian prime minister

66 Walther Bothe 1/8/1891 – 2/8/1957
German atomic physicist

85 Carl R. Rogers 1/8/1902 – 2/4/1987
American psychologist

64 Peter Arno 1/8/1904 – 2/22/1968
American cartoonist

86 Evelyn Wood 1/8/1909 – 8/26/1995
American educator

80 Jose Ferrer 1/8/1912 – 1/26/1992
American actor and director

42 Elvis Presley 1/8/1935 – 8/16/1977
American singer

1642	Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
1815	U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
1912	The African National Congress was founded in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1918	President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for peace after World War I.
1959	Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France’s Fifth Republic.
1964	President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.
1982	AT&T settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1987	The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1998	Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
2007	A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum 15 years in prison.
2011	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six people were killed and 12 others were injured. (Jared Lee Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges in connection with the shooting.)

1923	Larry Storch, Actor (“F Troop”), turns 89
1933	Charles Osgood, Broadcast journalist, turns 79
1937	Shirley Bassey, Singer, turns 75
1938	Bob Eubanks, Game show host (“The Newlywed Game”), turns 74
1942	Bob Taft, Former governor of Ohio, turns 70
1946	Robby Krieger, Rock musician (The Doors), turns 66
1947	David Bowie, Rock singer, turns 65
1953	Bruce Sutter, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 59
1965	Michelle Forbes, Actress, turns 47
1967	R. Kelly, R&B singer, turns 45
1971	Jason Giambi, Baseball player, turns 41
1979	Sarah Polley, Actress, director, turns 33

80	John Carroll 1/8/1735 – 12/3/1815 First Roman Catholic bishop in the United States
58	Nicholas Biddle 1/8/1786 – 2/27/1844 American financier
64	Hans von Bulow 1/8/1830 – 2/12/1894 German pianist and conductor
72	Frank Nelson Doubleday 1/8/1862 – 1/30/1934 American publisher
89	William T. Piper 1/8/1881 – 1/15/1970 American aircraft manufacturer
60	John Curtin 1/8/1885 – 7/5/1945 Australian prime minister
66	Walther Bothe 1/8/1891 – 2/8/1957 German atomic physicist
85	Carl R. Rogers 1/8/1902 – 2/4/1987 American psychologist
64	Peter Arno 1/8/1904 – 2/22/1968 American cartoonist
86	Evelyn Wood 1/8/1909 – 8/26/1995 American educator
80	Jose Ferrer 1/8/1912 – 1/26/1992 American actor and director
42	Elvis Presley 1/8/1935 – 8/16/1977 American singer