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January 8: Day of the Week
January 8, 2024 was the 8th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 358 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 8 Historical Event(s)
1734
Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel’s Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1790
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
1889
Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’— his punched card calculator.
1904
The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
1912
The African National Congress is founded.
1945
World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units was enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
1963
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a “War on Poverty” in the United States.
1977
Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
1994
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
Who were born on January 8?
1821
W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. 1862)
1862
Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. 1934)
1866
William G. Conley, American politician and 18th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1940)
1938
Bob Eubanks, American game show host
1947
David Bowie, English musician
1955
Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
1966
Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
1968
Keith Mullings, American boxer
1977
Lee Yoo-jin, Korean actress
2011
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine of Denmark, twin children of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
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