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January 8: Coming-of-Age Day in Japan (2007).
- 1198 - Lotario de Conti became Pope Innocent III (pictured). His first act was the restoration of the papal power in Rome.
- 1815 - War of 1812: The United States Army led by Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
- 1889 - Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electric tabulating machine.
- 1989 - British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway in the Kegworth air disaster.
- 2004 - RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest ocean liner ever built, was christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
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