This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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January 8th, 2008	Event	New Jersey officially apologizes for slavery, becoming the first Northern state to do so. Oddly enough, it happened within hours of the death of Clyde Otis.
January 8th, 2008	Death	George Moore, Australian champion jockey (born in 1923)
January 8th, 2008	Death	Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (born in c. 1924)
January 8th, 2007	Death	Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (born in 1908)
January 8th, 2007	Death	Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (born in 1922)
January 8th, 2007	Death	Francis Cockfield, British politician (born in 1916)
January 8th, 2007	Death	David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (born in 1953)
January 8th, 2007	Death	Iwao Takamoto, American animator (born in 1925)
January 8th, 2006	Event	A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea.
January 8th, 2006	Death	Tony Banks, British politician (born in 1943)

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