History at A GLANCE

TODAY is Wednesday, January 8, the 8th day of 2020. There are 358 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:

1926 - Abdul Aziz ibn Saud became King of the Hejaz, which he announced would be called Saudi Arabia.

1941 - British Army officer and boy scout founder Robert Baden-Powell dies.

1991 - Pan Am, one of the oldest US airlines and a pioneer of transatlantic and Pacific routes, sought bankruptcy protection, a victim of federal deregulation of the industry. 2003 - U.S. Airways Express crash in North Carolina.

2004 - Queen attends naming ceremony of largest ocean liner.

2004 - Elvis impersonator Shezad Eikmeier sets new world record for longest solo singing marathon.

2010 - World’s largest serving of hummus in Arab-Israeli town of Abu Gosh.

2010 - Togo’s national soccer team attacked in ambush while travelling to African Nations Cup in Angola.

2014 - World’s largest sushi mosaic made in Hong Kong.

2018 - World’s first hybrid smart watch displayed in Las Vegas.