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What happened in history on this day: January 8?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 8 in ...
- 1982 - The US Justice Department decides to drop its antitrust suit against IBM, which was launched 13 years ago. One of its aims had been to break IBM up into several companies.
- 1992 - IBM announces price reductions of 10-16% on PS/2 systems.
- 1992 - IBM begins shipping a 386SX upgrade for the PS/2 Model 57SX, giving it up to 88% faster performance.
- 1997 - Intel releases the 166 MHz and 200 MHz Pentium processors with MMX multimedia extension instructions. Bus speed is 66 MHz. They incorporate 4.5 million transistors. Performance of the 200 MHz version is 350 MIPS. Code-name during development was P55C. MMX originally stood for "matrix-multiplication extensions".
- 1997 - Intel releases the 150 MHz and 166 MHz Pentium processors for notebook computers, with MMX multimedia extension instructions.
- 1998 - The International Consumer Electronics Show is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices launches the 850 MHz Duron processor. Price is US$149 in 1000 unit quantities.
- 2002 - Gateway warns that fourth quarter sales results will be 17 percent below expectations. Its stock value drops 25%.
- 2002 - IBM announces it will no longer manufacture desktop personal computers in most of the world. It will sell its desktop facilities in US and Europe to Sanmina-SCI.
- 2007 - In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held, over four days.
- 2007 - In San Francisco, California, the Macworld Conference and Expo is held, over five days.
- 2009 - At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Palm debuts its overhauled mobile operating system, the Palm Web OS.
- 1956 - The Mickey Mouse Club Circus in Disneyland closes.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring portions of the film Saludos Amigos.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the fourth "The Swamp Fox" episode, Day of Reckoning.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the seventh "The Swamp Fox" episode, A Woman's Courage.
- 1962 - The Chicken Plantation Restaurant in Frontierland at Disneyland closes, and is torn down to make way for New Orleans Square.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Willie and the Yank: The Deserter, part one.
- 1969 - Disney submits to the U.S. Forest Service its master plan for a proposed Mineral King ski resort.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Three on the Run.
- 1981 - Disneyland welcomes its 200-millionth guest, Gert Schelvis.
- 1984 - The Disney Channel begins airing the Anka TV show.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, featuring Dinosaur... Secret of the Lost Legend.
- 1996 - St. Vincent issues 69 postage stamps depicting Disney characters in various occupations.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Miramax live-action feature film Little Voice to theaters in Great Britain.
- 1994 - In Los Angeles, California, the Los Angeles auto Show is held, over nine days. Dick Guldstrand introduces the GS-90 Corvette, based on the Corvette ZR-1 chassis and engine, with aerodynamic body designed by Steve Winter.
- 1997 - The 1997 model Corvette is introduced in Canada, in Montreal.
- 2000 - At the Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona, Florida, the Corvette Racing group tests its two Corvette C5-R race cars. They place 1st and 3rd in GTO class.
- 1940 - Food rationing starts in the UK: bacon, butter, sugar.
- 1940 - The Soviet 44th Division ends all attacks on Finnish forces. Since the fighting began, the two Soviet divisions lost about 22,000 men, compared to the Finns' loss of about 2,700.
- 1941 - The Soviet general staff conducts war games over four days, to examine the possibilities of a German attack and Russian counter-attack. Two basic scenarios are considered, one concentrating on the northwest (Lithuania and East Prussia), the other on a Southwestern Army Group attack south of Brest-Litovsk. An initial defensive stage of the war is not simulated. Both attack scenarious show overall difficulties, but the southern approach is shown to advance 55-100 miles into Poland.
- 1943 - The British Combined Chiefs of Staff agree to immediate use of H2S target finding in bombers over enemy territory.
- 1943 - In Canada, National Research Council's acting head Chalmers Mackenzie is informed that the Canadian government would shortly be requested by the British to do research into ice ships, project Habbakuk.
- 1944 - In the North Atlantic, the Royal Canadian Navy corvette Camrose and the British frigate Bayntun sink German submarine U-757.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler orders panzers to withdraw from the farthest reach of the bulge in France.
- 1991 - American Video Entertainment files a US$105 million lawsuit against Nintendo, accusing the company of violation of anti-trust laws, by trying to prevent compatible game cartridges into the marketplace. American Video Entertainment had developed technology to allow their game cartridges to be played on Nintendo machines.
- 1993 - At the Winter CES show, Jeff Hansen again defeats Yuichi Suyama, remaining World Nintendo Champion for 1993.
- 1994 - At the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, representatives of the video game industry begin drafting a common rating system for content of video games.
- 1994 - Sega announces it is withdrawing the Night Trap video game for re-editing, and will re-release the game when a common rating system is in place.
- 2005 - Over night, violent storm Gudrun sweeps across the southern half of the country, the worst storm since 1969, and one of the worst natural catastrophes in recorded Swedish history. Storm gusts reached 150 km/hour, knocking down 250 million trees, the equivalent of a year's normal harvest of 80 million cubic metres throughout the country. Seven die in the storm, another nine die in clean-up work. 500,000 households are left with no electricity, and the Öresund bridge is closed to road traffic.
- 1987 - The federal government authorizes a new design for the circulating $1 coin, for introduction in July.
- 1987 - Royal Canadian Mint officials report that master dies for the new $1 coin were lost or stolen while being shipped by courier from Ottawa to Winnipeg. The new design is announced as one that features a loon, designed by Ralph-Robert Carmichael.
- 1836 - Construction begins on the Charlotte Mint.
- 1870 - The Carson City Branch Mint receives its first shipment of bullion.
- 1883 - Treasury Secretary Charles Folger notifies Mint Director Horatio Burchard of approval of 5-cent design, allowing coinage to commence.
- 1981 - Stack's sells a 1787 Brasher doubloon from Yale University for $650,000 in a private sale to a Florida collector.
- 1997 - Bowers and Merena Rarities, in Orlando, Florida auction a 1907 Saint-Gaudens, Ultra-High Relief, Roman Numerals gold double eagle, PR-67 PCGS, for $660,000.
- 2008 - In Orlando, Florida, Bowers and Merena Auctions conducts the Orlando Rarities Sale. A 1944-D cent, struck on steel planchet, graded MS-62 PCGS sells for $105,800.
- 1897 - Michael Eagan wins first US national amateur handball championship.
- 1902 - First National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
- 1931 - Philadelphia Quakers set NHL record of 15 straight loses.
- 1938 - Donald Bradman scores 107 for South Australia versus Queensland (first innings).
- 1947 - Toronto Maple Leafs' rookie Howie Meeker scores five goals in a game.
- 1953 - Cleveland Indians bar night games with Cleveland Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts).
- 1955 - Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 points.
- 1955 - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak.
- 1955 - Louise Sugg wins LPGA Los Angeles Golf Open.
- 1962 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus, age 21, makes his first professional appearance, comes in 50th.
- 1972 - NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall.
- 1973 - Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 versus Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1980 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in five sports.
- 1980 - New York Islanders' Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Vancouver Canucks 3-0.
- 1981 - India all out 63 in one-day international versus Australia.
- 1981 - Cincinnati Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner).
- 1984 - NHL Washington Capitals' Bengt Gustafsson scores five goals.
- 1984 - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams.
- 1986 - Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year.
- 1988 - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons.
- 1988 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas.
- 1991 - Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins, and Rod Carew elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1991 - Tamás Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36).
- 1993 - Chicago Bulls' player Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point.
- 1994 - Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60).
- 1994 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis.
- 1995 - Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1996 - For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1998 - New York Giants' general manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position.
- 2002 - Juan Gonzalez agrees to a $24 million, two-year deal with the Texas Rangers.
- 2010 - The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Detroit Red Wings by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Arizona Coyotes by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Washinton Capitals by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats New Jersey Devils by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Tampa Bay Lightning by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 3-2.
- 1760 - Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth.
- 1973 - USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing.
- 1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-18 is launched into orbit. Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7 day orbit on the Mir space station, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.
- 1998 - Cosmologists announce that the universe's expansion rate is increasing.
- 2005 - Over night, violent storm Gudrun sweeps across the southern half of Sweden, the worst storm in the country since 1969, and one of the worst natural catastrophes in recorded Swedish history. Storm gusts reached 150 km/hour, knocking down 250 million trees, the equivalent of a year's normal harvest of 80 million cubic metres throughout the country. Seven die in the storm, another nine die in clean-up work. 500,000 households are left with no electricity, and the Öresund bridge is closed to road traffic.
- 1790 - US President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address, in New York City.
- 1798 - 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, judicial powers construed.
- 1811 - Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast.
- 1812 - Congress proposes a second Bank of the United States.
- 1815 - US 7th Infantry Regiment plus others (total 4500) defeat a British force of 8000 in the Battle of New Orleans under Major General Andrew Jackson. The battle was fought on the grounds of Chalmette Plantation, downriver from New Orleans. British killed/wounded/captured: 2055; American: 101.
- 1833 - Boston Academy of Music, first US music school, is established.
- 1835 - The United States national debt is zero for the only time.
- 1838 - In New Jersey, Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (a forerunner of Morse code).
- 1853 - First US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Washington, D.C.
- 1856 - Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, in Tuscan Springs, California, USA.
- 1863 - Groundbreaking western portion of American transcontinental railroad in Sacramento of Central Pacific Railroad Company of California.
- 1867 - Legislation gives suffrage to District of Columbia blacks, despite President Andrew Johnson's veto.
- 1877 - Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their final losing battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.
- 1889 - Dr Herman Hollerith receives first US patent for a tabulating machine (first computer).
- 1894 - Columbus World's Fair in Chicago destroyed by fire.
- 1918 - Mississippi becomes first state to ratify 18th amendment (alcohol prohibition).
- 1918 - US President Woodrow Wilson outlines to the American Congress his 14 points for peace after war in Europe, calls for creation of a League of Nations.
- 1937 - -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record low).
- 1947 - American General George Marshall becomes Secretary of State.
- 1949 - Make Mine Manhattan play closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City, New York after 429 performances.
- 1962 - Leonardo Da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time.
- 1963 - Mona Lisa painting, on loan, is unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art.
- 1964 - US President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty".
- 1965 - Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower (doesn't pass).
- 1965 - Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History.
- 1971 - 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California.
- 1971 - Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established.
- 1973 - Secret peace talks between US and North Vietnam resume near Paris, France.
- 1975 - US Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison.
- 1981 - Pirates of Penzance opens at Uris Theater in New York City, New York for 772 performances.
- 1981 - Stack's sells Brasher doubloon of Yale University for US$650,000.
- 1981 - Disneyland welcomes its 200-millionth guest, Gert Schelvis.
- 1982 - The US government and AT&T settle their antitrust suit, with AT&T splitting its 22 regional companies into individual entities.
- 1982 - The US Justice Department decides to drop its antitrust suit against IBM, which was launched 13 years ago. One of its aims had been to break IBM up into several companies.
- 1983 - A riot breaks out at Sing Sing prison, New York.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US.
- 1987 - Dow Jones Industrial Index closes above 2,000 for first time (2,002.25).
- 1988 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 140.58 points (6.85 percent) to close at 1,911.31 in a mini-crash.
- 1989 - 42nd Street closes at Winter Garden Theater in New York City, New York after 3,486 performances.
- 1992 - US President George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting.
- 1997 - Intel releases the 166 MHz and 200 MHz Pentium processors with MMX multimedia extension instructions. Bus speed is 66 MHz. They incorporate 4.5 million transistors. Performance of the 200 MHz version is 350 MIPS. Code-name during development was P55C. MMX originally stood for "matrix-multiplication extensions".
- 2002 - IBM announces it will no longer manufacture desktop personal computers in most of the world. It will sell its desktop facilities in US and Europe to Sanmina-SCI.
- 2002 - US President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, as Public Law 107-110, with federally-mandated standard testing and narrow focus on reading and math.
- 2003 - US Airways Express Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people aboard.
- 2008 - In New Hampshire, USA, the Democratic caucuses choose Hillary Clinton as candidate for the presidential election on November. The Republican caucuses choose John McCain.
- 2011 - Jared Loughner shoots at a political event in Tucson, Arizona, killing 6, wounding 13 others.
- 2020 - In retaliation for the American assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, Iran launches ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. soldiers, injuring multiple personnel.
Other history:
- 1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlines his fourteen points for peace after the Great War.
- 1926 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia.
- 1956 - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single).
- 1959 - Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic.
- 2004 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the RMS Queen Mary 2 cruise liner, the largest ocean liner in the world.
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