January 8th, 1328

Born on January 8th, 1328

Age in days, weeks and months
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... 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?

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

79

Callixtus III

Pope from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family

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

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

65

Wilkie Collins

British writer (1824-1889)

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

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

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

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

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

Same year
Born in 1328

69

Hongwu Emperor

Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

*October 29th, 1328, Fengyang County †June 24th, 1398, Nanjing

56

Joan of Kent

English noblewoman (1328-1385)

*September 29th, 1328, Woodstock Palace †August 7th, 1385, Wallingford

64

Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans

French princess

*April 1st, 1328, Châteauneuf-sur-Loire †February 8th, 1393, Vincennes

94

Benedict XIII of Avignon

Cardinal, antipope from 1394 to 1423 (1328-1423)

*November 25th, 1328, Papa Luna palace †May 23rd, 1423, Peniscola Castle

31

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War (1328-1360)

*November 11th, 1328, Ludlow †February 26th, 1360, Rouvray

40

Peter I of Cyprus

King of Cyprus and King of Armenia

*October 9th, 1328, Nicosia †January 17th, 1369, Nicosia

37

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

Duke of Bavaria

*May 7th, 1328, Rome †May 17th, 1365, Berlin

68

William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury

Military commander

*June 25th, 1328, Donyatt †June 3rd, 1397

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Leap year

Yes: 1328 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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