TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 8, the eighth day of 2013. There are 357 days left in the year.

1656 ― Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)

1790 ― George Washington delivers first State of the Union address

1867 ― Legislation gives suffrage to D.C. blacks, despite President Johnson's veto

1956 ― Elvis Presley's ``Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)

1958 ― Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana

1959 ― Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic

1964 ― President Lyndon B. Johnson declares ``War on Poverty"

1973 ― Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris

1996 ― For first time in 25 years, no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1998 ― World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life