WEDNESDAY, Jan.8, 2025

1790-First U.S. President George Washington delivers the primary state of the union tackle

1833-Boston Academy of Music, first U.S. music college, established

1861-U.S. Civil Warfare: Union forces abandon Fort Barrancas in favor of Fort Pikens on Santa Rosa Island, close to Pensacola, Fla.

1940-Britain’s first WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)

1947-Common George Marshall turns into U.S. Secretary of State

1962-21-year-old future Corridor of Fame golfer Jack Nicklaus makes his first skilled look; tied fiftieth in Los Angeles Open

1973-Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed close to Paris

1988-Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Superior Scientific Calculator

1989-Soviet Union guarantees to get rid of stockpiles of chemical weapons

1992-George H. W. Bush falls in poor health and vomits on Japanese prime minister’s lap

1993-Robert Rodriguez’s „El Mariachi“ debuts on the Toronto Movie Fetsival – will grow to be lowest-budgeted movie ever to gross $1 million