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What happened in history on this day: January 8?
On January 8 in ...
- 1952 - TV show My Friend Irma first airs in the USA.
- 1965 - NBC debuts the TV dance show Hullabaloo.
- 1966 - ABC-TV airs the final episode of Shindig!. The show features The Kinks and The Who.
- 1968 - The ABC TV network airs the first The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau 60-minute documentary TV show in the USA.
- 1991 - Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV.
- 1992 - US President George H. W. Bush is televised falling violently ill at a state dinner in Japan, vomiting into the lap of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa and fainting.
- 1997 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 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.
Births on January 8
- 1888 - Birth of Matt Moore in County Meath, Ireland; actor (Coquette, Deluge).
- 1889 - Birth of Paul Hartmann in Furth, Germany; actor (Haunted Castle).
- 1902 - Birth of Alexander Gray in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (This is Music).
- 1903 - Birth of Gene Roth [Eugene Stutenroth] in South Dakota, USA; actor (She Demons, Spider).
- 1908 - Birth of William Hartnell in London, England; actor (Agitator, Jackpot).
- 1910 - Birth of Richard Cromwell [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Jezebel).
- 1912 - Birth of José Ferrer in Santurce, Puerto Rico; actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, Blood Tide, Dune, Big Bus, George Washington, The Rhinemann Exchange, The French Atlantic Affair, Young Harry Houdini, Blood Feud, Newhart, Your Show of Shows).
- 1923 - Birth of Larry Storch in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show, Sabrina the Teenaged Witch).
- 1924 - Birth of Ron Moody in London, England; actor (Twelve Chairs, Wrong is Right).
- 1926 - Birth of Milton "Soupy Sales" Hines in North Carolina, USA; comedian (Soupy Sales Show).
- 1928 - Birth of Sander Vanocur in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; news anchor (NBC Weekend News).
- 1930 - Birth of May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark).
- 1933 - Birth of Charles Osgood in New York City, New York, USA; news anchor (CBS Weekend News), TV host (CBS Sunday Morning).
- 1934 - Birth of Roy Kinnear in Lancashire, England; actor (TW3, Help!, The Three Musketeers).
- 1935 - Birth of Elvis Aaron Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA; musician/actor ("Blue Suede Shoes", "Hounddog").
- 1935 - Birth of Nolan Miller in Burkburnett, Texas, USA; fashion designer (Dynasty, The Love Boat).
- 1937 - Birth of Shirley Bassey in Cardiff, Wales; singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker).
- 1938 - Birth of Bob Eubanks in Flint Michigan, USA; TV host (Newlywed Game).
- 1939 - Birth of Yvette Mimieux in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are).
- 1941 - Birth of Graham Chapman in England; comedian/writer (Monty Python's Flying Circus, Doctor at Large, The Two Ronnies, The Frost Report, That Was The Week That Was).
- 1946 - Birth of Kathleen Noone; actress (All My Children, Party of Five, Knots Landing, According to Jim, Passions).
- 1947 - Birth of David Jones AKA David Bowie in London, England; singer ("Major Tom", "Ziggy Stardust"), actor (The Man Who Fell to Earth).
- 1948 - Birth of Gillies Mackinnon; film director (Playboys).
- 1949 - Birth of Anne Schedeen in Portland, Oregon, USA; actress (Alf, Paper Dolls, Marcus Welby).
- 1951 - Birth of John McTiernan in Albany, New York, USA; actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man).
- 1952 - Birth of Laurie Walters in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Joannie - Eight is Enough).
- 1955 - Birth of Harriet Sansom Harris; actress (Desperate Housewives, Frasier, It's All Relative).
- 1965 - Birth of Maria Pitillo in Elmira, New York, USA; actress (Dear God, Nancy Don Lewis - Ryan's Hope, Providence, House Rules, Partners).
- 1965 - Birth of Michelle Forbes; actress (Julianna Cox - Homicide).
- 1966 - Birth of Loretta Lee [Lee Lai Chan] in China; actress (Happy Ghost).
- 1967 - Birth of Michelle Forbes; actress (Prison Break, 24, Homicide).
- 1969 - Birth of Ami Dolenz in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love).
- 1976 - Birth of Jenny Lewis in Las Vegas, Nevada; actress (Becky - Life With Lucy, Brooklyn Bridge, Shannon's Deal).
- 1977 - Birth of Ryan Frances; actor (Trevor - Sisters).
- 1977 - Birth of Amber Benson; actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
- 1978 - Birth of Scott Whyte; actor (City Guys).
- 1979 - Birth of Sarah Polley; actress/director (Sweet Hereafter, Slings and Arrows, Road to Avonlea).
- 1980 - Birth of Rachel Nichols; actress (Alias, The Inside).
- 1982 - Birth of Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then, Someone Like Me).
Deaths on January 8
- 1967 - Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at age 39.
- 1975 - Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at age 66.
- 1975 - Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at age 70.
- 1975 - John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at age 69.
- 1975 - Death of John Gregson at age 55 after a heart attack; British actor (Rooney, Assassin, Gideon - Gideon's Way TV show).
- 1978 - Death of Walter Keirnan at age 75; TV host and panelist (Who's the Boss?, What's the Story?, Who Said That?, Kiernan's Corner, I've Got a Secret).
- 1981 - Death of Woody Chamblis at age 66 of cancer; actor (Woody Lathrop - Gunsmoke TV show).
- 1982 - Death of Reta Shaw at age 69 of emphysema; actress (The Ghost and Mrs Muir TV show).
- 1982 - Gregoire Aslan, character actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of a heart attack at age 73.
- 1983 - Death of Gale Page at age 72 of cancer; actress/singer (Four Daughters, Knute Rockney, Robert Montgomery Presents TV show).
- 1983 - Lois Wilson, actress (Alice - Aldrich Family), dies at age 88.
- 1987 - Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot and Cold), dies at age 69.
- 1989 - Death of Kenneth McMillan at age 66 of liver failure; actor (Our Family Honor TV show, Suzanne Pleshette is Maggie Briggs TV show, Rhoda TV show, Ryan's Hope TV show, King and Favorite Son TV mini-series, Concrete Beat, Malone).
- 1990 - Terry Thomas, English comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at age 78.
- 1994 - Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at age 40.
- 1994 - Death of Pat Buttram at age 78 of kidney failure; actor (Eustace Haney - Green Acres TV show, Petticoat Junction TV show).
- 1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at age 52.
- 1997 - Death of Carole Carr at age 68; singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men).
- 2007 - Death of Yvonne de Carlo at age 84 in Woodland Hills, California, USA; actress; (Lily Munster - The Munsters TV show).
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