Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Waorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact. Date: January 8, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)
Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic. Date: January 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria. Date: January 8, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States. Date: January 8, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh. Date: January 8, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. Date: January 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched. Date: January 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband. Date: January 8, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. Date: January 8, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)
A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". Date: January 8, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)