8th January anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1836
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter" more
  • 1908
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of William Hartnell, British actor (‘Doctor Who’) ."
  • 1909
  • Puerto Rico
  • "Birth of José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor and film director (Note: some sources give his year of birth as 1912, but we believe 1909 is correct)"
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "Birth of Evelyn Wood, American speed-reading pioneer"
  • 1934
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Roy Kinnear, British actor"
• event
  • 871
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Ashdown - Alfred defeats the Danes
  • 1908
  • United States
  • "The IRT subway line opened in New York, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan."
  • 1959
  • France
  • Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as President of France
• Death
  • 1107
  • Great Britain
  • Edgar King of Scots died.
  • 1642
  • Italy
  • "Death of Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer." more
  • 1998
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Michael Tippett, British composer ."