What happened 8 January in United States of America

On January 8, 1808, Fulton married Harriet Livingston (1786–1824), the daughter of Walter Livingston and niece of Robert Livingston, prominent men in the Hudson River area, whose family dated to the colonial era. Harriet, who was nineteen years his junior, was well educated and was an accomplished amateur painter and musician. Together, they had four children.

On 7 January 1943, at the age of 86, Tesla died alone in Room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel.

A resolution on rules and procedure for the trial was adopted unanimously on the following day; however, senators tabled the question of whether to call witnesses in the trial.

On January 8, 2001, Bridges was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton.