January 3, 2008 (Thursday)
- 2008 United States presidential election:
- Voters in Iowa go to the polls for the first caucus to determine presidential nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties. (BBC News)
- Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins the Democratic caucus. (CNN)
- Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee wins the Republican caucus. (CNN)
- Senators Christopher Dodd and Joseph Biden withdraw their candidacy. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- Benazir Bhutto assassination: President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf denies any role in Benazir Bhutto's death. (CNN)
- The price of gold reaches a new record of $865.35 per troy ounce in the a.m. London Gold Fixing, breaking the previous high of 21 January 1980. (LBMA)