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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• 1790

  George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
• 1877

  Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
• 1889

  Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’— his punched card calculator.
• 1918

  President Woodrow Wilson announces his “Fourteen Points” for the aftermath of World War I.
• 1920

  The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• 1940

  World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
• 1964

  President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a “War on Poverty” in the United States.
• 1973

  Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
• 1982

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

  Beginning of Japanese Heisei period.

• 1628

  François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
• 1830

  Albert Bierstadt, German/American painter (d. 1902)
• 1870

  Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (d. 1930)
• 1904

  Karl Brandt, Alsatian Nazi war criminal (d. 1948)
• 1943

  Charles Murray, American author and pundit
• 1952

  Mel Reynolds, former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois and convicted sex offender
• 1975

  DJ Clue, American DJ and producer
• 1977

  Melanie Seeger, German race walker
• 1982

  Wil Francis, American singer
• 1986

  Maria Ozawa, Japanese/French-Canadian pornstar

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