History for January 8

History for January 8 - On-This-Day.com

James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general

• 1675 - The first corporation was chartered in the United States. The company was the New York Fishing Company.
• 1815 - The Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.
• 1889 - The tabulating machine was patented by Dr. Herman Hollerith. His firm, Tabulating Machine Company, later became International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• 1901 - The first tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago, IL.
• 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty."
• 1994 - Tonya Harding won the ladies' U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, MI, a day after Nancy Kerrigan dropped out because of a clubbing attack that injured her right knee. The U.S. Figure Skating Association later took the title from Harding because of her involvement in the attack.