WEDNESDAY, Jan.8, 2025

1790-First U.S. President George Washington delivers the first state of the union address

1833-Boston Academy of Music, first U.S. music school, established

1861-U.S. Civil War: Union forces abandon Fort Barrancas in favor of Fort Pikens on Santa Rosa Island, near Pensacola, Fla.

1940-Britain's first WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)

1947-General George Marshall becomes U.S. Secretary of State

1962-21-year-old future Hall of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus makes his first professional appearance; tied 50th in Los Angeles Open

1973-Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris

1988-Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator

1989-Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons

1992-George H. W. Bush falls ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap

1993-Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi" debuts at the Toronto Film Fetsival - will become lowest-budgeted film ever to gross $1 million