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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_8" title="January 8">January 8</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Hostos" title="Eugenio María de Hostos">Eugenio María de Hostos's birthday</a></b> in Puerto Rico (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1697" title="1697">1697</a> – Scottish student <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aikenhead" title="Thomas Aikenhead">Thomas Aikenhead</a></b> became the last person in Great Britain to be executed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy" title="Blasphemy">blasphemy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904" title="1904">1904</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone_Library" title="Blackstone Library">Blackstone Library</a></b>, the first branch of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Public_Library" title="Chicago Public Library">Chicago Public Library</a> system, was dedicated.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Moscow_bombings" title="1977 Moscow bombings">Three bombs</a></b> attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_nationalism" title="Armenian nationalism">Armenian nationalists</a> exploded across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-en-Provence" title="Trans-en-Provence">Trans-en-Provence</a>, France, a local farmer reported <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-en-Provence_case" title="Trans-en-Provence case">a UFO sighting</a></b> claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Lee_Loughner" title="Jared Lee Loughner">Jared Lee Loughner</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting" title="2011 Tucson shooting">opened fire at a public meeting</a></b> held by U.S. representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabby_Giffords" title="Gabby Giffords">Gabby Giffords</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>, killing six people and injuring twelve others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_Victor,_Duke_of_Clarence_and_Avondale" title="Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale">Prince Albert Victor</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1864); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Arthur_McElroy" title="Mary Arthur McElroy">Mary Arthur McElroy</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1917); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford" title="Joseph Franklin Rutherford">Joseph Franklin Rutherford</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1942); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._J._Hamblin" title="T. J. Hamblin">T. J. Hamblin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>
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