Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 8
January 8, 2025 is the 8th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 8
- 871 –Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
- 1790 –George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York, New York.
- 1806 –Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
- 1904 –The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
- 1912 –The African National Congress is founded.
- 1920 –The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
- 1977 –Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
- 1981 –A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be “perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time”.
- 1989 –The Kegworth air disaster. British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 people out of 127 on board.
- 2004 –The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Who were born on January 8?
- 1635 –Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709)
- 1823 –Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
- 1885 –A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)
- 1910 –Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (d. 1998)
- 1926 –Evelyn Lear, American soprano
- 1926 –Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
- 1931 –Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (d. 1991)
- 1944 –Terry Brooks, American writer
- 1947 –William Bonin, American serial killer and sex offender (d. 1996)
- 1977 –Melanie Seeger, German race walker
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