January 8

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	871	Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.	Transistor Transistor	Pleasure Viking	Transistor Transistor
2.	1790	George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address in New York City.	New Order	State of the Nation	State of the Nation
3.	1815	War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.	Blur	Battle	13
4.	1835	The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.	The Smiths	I Don't Owe You Anything	Last of the English Roses
5.	1889	Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.	Belle & Sebastian	Calculating Bimbo	Write about Love
6.	1904	The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.	Stars	My Favourite Book	In Our Bedroom After the War
7.	1963	Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.	Beirut	A Sunday Smile	The Flying Cup Club
8.	1964	President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.	Gang of Four	To Hell with Poverty	In the Beginning There Was Rhythm

(Historical facts about January 8 are from Wikipedia.