Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)

Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th president of the United States, 
was born on January 9, 1913 in California.

The son of Quaker parents, Nixon grew up in the southern
California city of Yorba Linda.

Nixon then joined the Navy and served during World War II
as a lieutenant commander in the Pacific theater. After the
war, he gravitated toward Republican politics, joining the
post-war anti-communist crusade.

On January 8, 1790, President George Washington delivered
the first State of the Union address to the assembled Congress
in New York City.

Washington began by congratulating North Carolina’s recent
decision to join the federal republic.

North Carolina had rejected the Constitution in July 1788
because it lacked a bill of rights. Under the terms of the
Constitution, the new government acceded to power after
only 11 of the 13 states accepted the document.

By the time North Carolina ratified in November 1789, the
first Congress had met, written the Bill of Rights and
dispatched them for review by the states.

         
SANDY KOZEL 

Elvis Presley got his first guitar on his 11th birthday, January
8, 1946, from the Tupelo Hardware Store in Mississippi.

1946

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

On January 7, 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team
traveled 48 miles west from Chicago to play their first game
in Hinckley, Illinois.

The Globetrotters were the creation of Abe Saperstein of
Chicago, who took over coaching duties for a team of
African American players originally known as the Savoy
Big Five (after the famous Chicago ballroom where they
played their early games).

At a time when only whites were allowed to play on
professional basketball teams, Saperstein decided to
promote his new team’s racial makeup by naming them
after Harlem, the famous African American neighborhood
of New York City.

The earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters,
from the 1930–1931 season. Standing from left: Abe        
Saperstein, Walter “Toots” Wright, Byron “Fat” Long,
Inman  Jackson, and William “Kid” Oliver. Seated: Al
“Runt” Pullins.