| |  | BBC TV and Radio Highlight |  | | |  | On this day: 8 January | |  |  | • 871: At the Battle of Ashdown, King Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred ('the Great') defeat the Danes.
• 1918: US President Woodrow Wilson reveals his 14-point peace plan for a new world order after World War One.
• 1940: Britain introduces food rationing with bacon, butter and sugar the first commodities affected. |  |  | | | |  | | | |