In the present day is Wednesday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2025. There are 357 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On Jan. 8, 2016, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most-wanted drug lord, was captured for a 3rd time in a daring raid by Mexican marines, six months after strolling by way of a tunnel to freedom from a most safety jail.
Additionally on this date:
In 1790, President George Washington delivered the primary State of the Union handle in New York Metropolis.
In 1867, the U.S. Home of Representatives joined the Senate in overriding President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the District of Columbia Suffrage Act, giving Black males within the nation’s capital the precise to vote.
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union handle, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.”
In 1998, Ramzi Yousef (RAHM’-zee YOO’-sef), the mastermind of the 1993 World Commerce Middle bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in jail with out the potential for parole.
In 2011, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened hearth because the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six individuals had been killed and 12 others had been injured. (Gunman Jared Lee Loughner (LAWF’-nur) was sentenced in Nov. 2012 to seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years.)
In 2020, Iran struck again at the US for killing Iran’s high army commander, firing missiles at two Iraqi army bases housing American troops. Greater than 100 U.S. service members had been recognized with traumatic mind accidents after the assault. As Iran braced for a counterattack, the nation’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian jetliner after apparently mistaking it for a missile; all 176 individuals on board had been killed.
In 2023, supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refused to simply accept his election defeat, stormed Congress, the Supreme Courtroom and the presidential palace within the capital, every week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the present day’s birthdays:
Singer Shirley Bassey is 88.
Clothier Carolina Herrera is 86.
Nation-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 85.
Rock musician Robby Krieger (The Doorways) is 79.
Filmmaker Sarah Polley is 46.
Actor Gaby Hoffman is 43.
Actor Cynthia Erivo is 38.
