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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 - Robby Krieger — 17 / 37

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1946: Musician Robby Krieger, best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Doors, is born in Los Angeles, Calif. Krieger wrote some of The Doors' best known songs, including "Light My Fire," "Love Me Two Times," "Touch Me" and "Love Her Madly."

OTD January 8 - Marco Polo

OTD January 8 - Galileo Galilei

OTD January 8 - state of the union

OTD January 8 - Battle of New Orleans

OTD January 8 - Eli Whitney

OTD January 8 - Treasury Department

OTD January 8 - black vote

OTD January 8 - Battle of Wolf Mountain

OTD January 8 - 18th Amendment

OTD January 8 - Soupy Sales

OTD January 8 - Elvis Presley

OTD January 8 - Shirley Bassey

OTD January 8 - Bob Eubanks

OTD January 8 - Baden-Powell

OTD January 8 - Graham Chapman

OTD January 8 - Stephen Hawking

OTD January 8 - Robby Krieger

OTD January 8 - David Bowie

OTD January 8 - John McTiernan

OTD January 8 - Bruce Sutter

OTD January 8 - Bobby Fischer

OTD January 8 - Mona Lisa

OTD January 8 - The Beatles

OTD January 8 - R Kelly

OTD January 8 - Watergate complex

OTD January 8 - Ella Grasso

OTD January 8 - George HW Bush

OTD January 8 - Elvis stamp

OTD January 8 - Valeri Polyakov

OTD January 8 - Tonya Harding

OTD January 8 - Ramzi Yousef

OTD January 8 - 2002 Winter Olympics

OTD January 8 - No Child Left Behind Act

OTD January 8 - Dave Thomas

OTD January 8 - Queen Mary 2

OTD January 8 - Yvonne De Carlo

OTD January 8 - Giffords shooting scene

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