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	Saturday, January 08th The 008th day of 2011. There are 357 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.(Go to article.)On Jan. 8, 1867, Emily GreeneBalch, a leader of the women's movement for peace during and after World War I and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born. Following herdeath on Jan. 9, 1961, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On January 8, 1876, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Congress. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1642	Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
1815	U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
1935	Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss.
1959	Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
1964	President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.
1973	Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris.
1976	Chinese premier Chou En-lai died at age 78.
1982	AT&T settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1987	The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1996	Former French president Francois Mitterrand died at age 79.
1998	Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
2007	A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum 15 years in prison.
2008	U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, was cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

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Current Birthdays

Stephen Hawking turns 69years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Physicist Stephen Hawking turns 69 years old today.

88 Larry Storch Actor ("F Troop") 83 Sander Vanocur Broadcast journalist 78 Charles Osgood Broadcast journalist 74 Shirley Bassey Singer 73 Bob Eubanks Game show host ("The Newlywed Game") 69 Bob Taft Former governor of Ohio 65 Robby Krieger Rock musician (The Doors) 64 David Bowie Rock singer 58 Bruce Sutter Baseball Hall of Famer 44 R. Kelly R&B singer 38 Sean Paul Reggae singer 32 Sarah Polley Actress, director

Historic Birthdays
Emily Greene Balch
1/8/1867 - 1/9/1961 American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner  (Go to obit.)
80	John Carroll 1/8/1735 - 12/3/1815 First Roman Catholic bishop in the United States
58	Nicholas Biddle 1/8/1786 - 2/27/1844 American financier
64	Hans von Bulow 1/8/1830 - 2/12/1894 German pianist and conductor
72	Frank Nelson Doubleday 1/8/1862 - 1/30/1934 American publisher
89	William T. Piper 1/8/1881 - 1/15/1970 American aircraft manufacturer
60	John Curtin 1/8/1885 - 7/5/1945 Australian prime minister
66	Walther Bothe 1/8/1891 - 2/8/1957 German atomic physicist
85	Carl R. Rogers 1/8/1902 - 2/4/1987 American psychologist
64	Peter Arno 1/8/1904 - 2/22/1968 American cartoonist
86	Evelyn Wood 1/8/1909 - 8/26/1995 American educator
80	Jose Ferrer 1/8/1912 - 1/26/1992 American actor and director
42	Elvis Presley 1/8/1935 - 8/16/1977 American singer

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