Amazing Historical Events That Occurred Today in History January 8th

Amazing Historical Events That Occurred Today in History January 8th
In 1198, Lotario di Segni was elected Pope Innocentius III, marking a new beginning for the Catholic Church. In 1675, the first American commercial corporation, the New York Fishing Company, was chartered. In 1790, the first President of the United States, George Washington, delivered his first State of the Union address. In 1835, the US national debt was zero for the first and only time in history. And in 1918, Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol.