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 β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today)
Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. Date: January 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today)
Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board. Date: January 8, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1989 π On This Day (Today)
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. Date: January 8, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1994 π On This Day (Today)
An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed. Date: January 8, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1996 π On This Day…
President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. Date: January 8, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 2002 π On This Day (Today)
Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board. Date: January 8, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 2003 π On This Day (Today)
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near DiyarbakΔ±r Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers. Date: January 8, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 2003 π On This Day (Today)
The RMSΒ Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Date: January 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 2004 π On This Day (Today)
The nuclear sub USSΒ San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. Date: January 8, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 2005 π On This Day (Today)