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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 8
- 700th: 1324 - Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/Governor of Nanking, dies.
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of William Wilkie Collins; English novelist (The Woman in White, The Moonstone).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Ron Moody in London, England; actor (Twelve Chairs, Wrong is Right).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Jacques Anquetil in France; Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Roy Kinnear in Lancashire, England; actor (TW3, Help!, The Three Musketeers).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Terry Brooks; American sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara).
- 70th: 1954 - Elvis Presley pays US$4 to a Memphis studio and records his first two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way".
- 60th: 1964 - Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), dies at age 71.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Virgil Hill in Missouri, USA; middleweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 60th: 1964 - European Parliament accepts Mansholt Plan.
- 60th: 1964 - Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at age 72.
- 60th: 1964 - US President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty".
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Arjan Blaauw; Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Brian Roberson; wide receiver (New York Giants).
- 50th: 1974 - Gold hits record US$126.50 an ounce in London, England.
- 50th: 1974 - Silver hits record US$3.40 an ounce in New York.
- 40th: 1984 - NHL Washington Capitals' Bengt Gustafsson scores five goals.
- 40th: 1984 - In Sulawesi, Indonesia, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams.
- 30th: 1994 - Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at age 40.
- 30th: 1994 - Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at age 68.
- 30th: 1994 - Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Pat Buttram at age 78 of kidney failure; actor (Eustace Haney - Green Acres TV show, Petticoat Junction TV show).
- 30th: 1994 - Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60).
- 30th: 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.
- 30th: 1994 - Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at age 99.
- 30th: 1994 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis.
- 30th: 1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at age 52.
- 20th: 2004 - Queen Elizabeth II christens the Cunard Line's RMS Queen Mary 2 cruise liner, the largest ocean liner in the world (151,400 gross tons, 3090 passengers).
- 15th: 2009 - In Los Angeles, California, the Critics' Choice Awards are announced.
- Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best writer: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best young actor: Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best composer: A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best song: "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen
- Best actor: Sean Penn for Milk
- Best acting ensemble: Milk
- Best actress: Meryl Streep for Doubt, and Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
- Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
- Best action film: The Dark Knight
- Best supporting actress: Kate Winslet for The Reader.
- 15th: 2009 - The Bank of England cuts interest rates to 1.5 percent, the lowest level since the Bank of England was founded in 1694.
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