On this day: January 8

POSTED: 03:18 PM PST Jan 07, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 07, 2013 

George Washington delivers the first State of the Union, Elvis is born, 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins his first U.S. Chess Championships, and a gunman shoots Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Arizona, all on this day.

OTD January 8 - Graham Chapman
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BBC

1941: Comedian and actor Graham Chapman, best known as one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python, is born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He's seen here in a group photo with the rest of the Monty Python group, in the back left with a pipe in his mouth.

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