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 - Ella Grasso
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Library of Congress

1975: Ella T. Grasso is sworn in as the governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.

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