Today is Saturday, January 8, the eighth day of 2011. 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
1889 ― Dr. Herman Hollerith receives first U.S. patent for a tabulating machine (first Computer)
1918 ― President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WWI
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)
1959 ― Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic
1964 ― President Lyndon B. Johnson declares ``War on Poverty"
1974 ― Loch Ness Monster photographed
1993 ― Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
1998 ― World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life