What Day of the Week

January 8, 2021 was the 8^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 357 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1734

  Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel’s Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
• 1746

  Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
• 1889

  Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’— his punched card calculator.
• 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.
• 1956

  Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
• 1971

  Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
• 1982

  The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
• 1989

  Beginning of Japanese Heisei period.
• 2004

  The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

• 1821

  James Longstreet, American Confederate general and diplomat; and former United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire (d. 1904)
• 1836

  Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912)
• 1862

  Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (d. 1934)
• 1928

  Slade Gorton, American politician
• 1962

  Chris Marion, American musician
• 1973

  Henning Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
• 1981

  Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
• 1982

  Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
• 1986

  Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
• 1987

  Carmen Klaschka, German tennis player

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