Today is Wednesday, Jan. 8. On this date:
1918
Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition.
1935
Rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an "unconditional war on poverty in America."
1968
The Otis Redding single "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released on the Volt label almost a month after the singer's death in a plane crash.
1973
The Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed.
1987
For the first time, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000, ending the day at 2,002.25.
2006
The first funerals were held in West Virginia for the 12 miners who'd died in the Sago Mine disaster six days earlier.
2008
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton powered to victory in New Hampshire's 2008 Democratic primary in a startling upset, defeating Sen. Barack Obama and resurrecting her bid for the White House; Sen. John McCain defeated his Republican rivals to move back into contention for the GOP nomination.
2011
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six people were killed, 12 others also injured. (Gunman Jared Lee Loughner was sentenced in November 2012 to seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years.)
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