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.
White House photo
2002: President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act while visiting Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. The new law aimed to make federally-funded schools more accountable for the education of poor and minority children through the use of standardized testing.
