A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. Date: January 8, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine. Date: January 8, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January…
Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge. Date: January 8, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this…
West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed. Date: January 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico. Date: January 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. Date: January 8, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On…
Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela. Date: January 8, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress. Date: January 8, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)
The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS". Date: January 7, 1904 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1904 📅 On This Day (Today)
Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail. Date: January 7, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)