Here are things happened on 8th January:

British singer, composer and actor David Bowie born on January 8, 1947.

Famous British theoretical physicist Stephen W. Hawking who created the relativity and the quantum space theories as well as the theory of exploding black holes born on January 8, 1942.

The United States President Woodrow Wilson announced 14 principles which will be remembered with his name that aimed to ensure lasting peace in Europe at the joint meeting of the House of Representatives and Senate on January 8, 1918.