January 8th, 1036

Born on January 8th, 1036

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 361,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 968 days, exactly on February 21st, 2027, people who were born on January 8th, 1036 will be 362,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 8th?

January 8th, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by U.S. representative Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and injuring twelve others.

January 8th, 2010

Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, killing three people.

January 8th, 1991

Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".

January 8th, 1981

In Trans-en-Provence, France, a local farmer reported a UFO sighting claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".

January 8th, 1977

Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.

January 8th, 1972

Following Pakistan's defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released Bangladeshi politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured) from prison in response to international pressure.

January 8th, 1964

During his State of the Union address, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "war on poverty".

January 8th, 1936

Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.

January 8th, 1918

U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points for a moral cause and for post–World War I peace in Europe.

January 8th, 1904

Blackstone Library (pictured), the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.

January 8th, 1889

American statistician Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electromechanical tabulating machine for punched-card data.

January 8th, 1790

George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City, then the provisional capital of the United States.

January 8th, 1735

George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.

January 8th, 1198

Lotario dei Conti was elected as Pope Innocent III; he later worked to restore papal power in Rome.

January 8th, 2023

Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 8th?

64

Su Shi

Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)

*January 8th, 1037, Meishan †August 24th, 1101, Changzhou

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

*January 8th, 1935, Tupelo †August 16th, 1977, Memphis

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

34

Chou Tien-Chen

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 8th, 1990, Taipei

25

Arne Maier

German association football player

*January 8th, 1999, Ludwigsfelde

75

Heino Aunin

Estonian badminton player

*January 8th, 1935, Valga †May 2nd, 2010, Tallinn

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

40

Kim Jong-un

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

52

Joseph Déchelette

French archaeologist and prehistorian

*January 8th, 1862, Roanne †October 3rd, 1914, Nouvron-Vingré

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

65

Wilkie Collins

British writer (1824-1889)

*January 8th, 1824, London †September 23rd, 1889, London

45

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

37

Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer

*January 8th, 1987, Stockwell

72

Klaus-Peter Flosbach

German politician

*January 8th, 1952, Wipperfürth

90

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

*January 8th, 1823, Usk †November 7th, 1913, Broadstone

79

Callixtus III

Pope from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family

*January 8th, 1379, Torreta de Canals †August 15th, 1458, Rome

64

Hans von Bülow

German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)

*January 8th, 1830, Dresden †February 12th, 1894, Cairo

36

Lars Bender

German footballer (1988–)

*January 8th, 1988, Koblenz

47

Amber Benson

American actress

*January 8th, 1977, Birmingham

91

Ron Moody

British actor (1924–2015)

*January 8th, 1924, London †June 11th, 2015, London

44

Hugo Grimm

German actor

*January 8th, 1980, Ndanda

53

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987)

*January 8th, 1934, Mont-Saint-Aignan †November 18th, 1987, Rouen

44

Karl Brandt

German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904–1948)

*January 8th, 1904, Mulhouse †June 2nd, 1948, Landsberg Prison

38

David Silva

Spanish association football player

*January 8th, 1986, Arguineguín

81

Hubert Ausböck

German boxer

*January 8th, 1908, Munich †February 1st, 1989

83

Giacinto Scelsi

Italian composer and poet (1905-1988)

*January 8th, 1905, La Spezia †August 9th, 1988, Rome

69

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

British politician (1871-1940)

*January 8th, 1871, Belfast †November 24th, 1940, County Down

84

François de Menthon

French politician (1900-1984)

*January 8th, 1900, Montmirey-la-Ville †June 2nd, 1984, Menthon-Saint-Bernard

86

Georgy Malenkov

Soviet politician (1902–1988)

*January 8th, 1902, Orenburg †January 14th, 1988, Moscow

35

Marcel Meisen

German cyclist

*January 8th, 1989, Stolberg

57

R. Kelly

American R&B singer and sex offender

*January 8th, 1967, Chicago

53

Walther Arndt

German zoologist (1891–1944) executed by the Nazis

*January 8th, 1891, Kamienna Góra †June 26th, 1944, Brandenburg an der Havel

85

Carl Rogers

American psychologist (1902–1987)

*January 8th, 1902, Oak Park †February 4th, 1987, La Jolla

80

José Ferrer

American actor and director (1912–1992)

*January 8th, 1912, Santurce †January 26th, 1992, Coral Gables

23

Josef Trojan

Actor from the Czech Republic

*January 8th, 2001, Prague

44

Rachel Nichols

American actress and model (born. 1980)

*January 8th, 1980, Augusta

32

Koke

Spanish association football player

*January 8th, 1992, Madrid

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Public holidays on January 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 8th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1036 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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