On this day, January 8, is the birth of National Scientist Ricardo M Lantican (1933).
The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014].
On this day in 1918, President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points which contained his plans for maintaining world peace after WW I. The Fourteen Points included the establishment of the League of Nations.
https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/January-8
On this day in 1998, researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris discovered the brain chemical that causes human addiction to nicotine. This is a great help in finding a cure to stop anyone’s smoking addiction.
https://www.todayinsci.com/1/1_08.htm
January is General Orientation on Safety and Prevention Month (Proclamation No. 115-A, s. 1966)
1901
On this day, January 7, in 1901, Brigadier General Arthur MacArthur ordered the deportation of Filipino revolutionaries, including Apolinario Mabini, to the island of Guam. This took effect nine days later as told by Mabini in his diary entry for January 15, 1901.