War · January 8, 1815
211 years ago · Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, United States
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
The 212th anniversary falls on January 8, 2027.
1935–1977Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. · Public domain
1942–2018Photo: NASA · Public domain
b. 1982Photo: Владимир Смирнов / ТАСС · CC BY 4.0
1947–2016Photo: Adam Bielawski · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918, speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
On 8 January 2020, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted Operation Martyr Soleimani (Persian: عملیات شهید سلیمانی), launching over 12 ballistic missiles against the United States Armed Forces at al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in response to the…
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
On 8 January 2023, following the defeat of then-president Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a mob of Bolsonaro's supporters attacked Brazil's federal government buildings in the capital, Brasília.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0