The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC). Date: January 8, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I. Date: January 8, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union. Date: January 8, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)

Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. Date: January 8, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)

Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch. Date: January 8, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)

Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain. Date: January 8, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)

Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public. Date: January 8, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. Date: January 8, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces. Date: January 8, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submits to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan. Date: January 8, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia…