January 8

On This Day In History
	1997: Anniversary of Grimaldi rule in Monaco On this day in 1997, the principality of Monaco began a yearlong celebration in honour of the 700th anniversary of the rule of the Grimaldi family, who seized power in 1297 and gained firm possession of Monaco in 1419.
"The Rock," or Old Town, of Monaco.
Biography Of The Day
	1935 American popular singer and film star Elvis Presley, born this day in 1935, was widely known as the "King of Rock and Roll" and was one of that genre's dominant performers from the mid-1950s until his death in 1977.
Poster for Elvis Presley's appearance in Tupelo, Mississippi, 1957.
More Events On This Day In History
	1959 Charles de Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
1942	1942 English theoretical physicist Stephen W. Hawking was born.
	1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points, an outline for peace following World War I.
1862	1862 American publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday was born.
	1815 U.S. General Andrew Jackson defeated Great Britain in the Battle of New Orleans, the final engagement in the War of 1812.