January 8th, 1528

Born on January 8th, 1528

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 181,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 729 days, exactly on April 26th, 2026, people who were born on January 8th, 1528 will be 182,000 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?

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

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

76

Stephen Hawking

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

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

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

65

Wilkie Collins

British writer (1824-1889)

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

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

66

John Frederick II

Duke of Saxony

*January 8th, 1529, Torgau †May 9th, 1595, Steyr

45

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

90

Alfred Russel Wallace

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

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

72

Klaus-Peter Flosbach

German politician

*January 8th, 1952, Wipperfürth

37

Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer

*January 8th, 1987, Stockwell

64

Hans von Bülow

German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)

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

79

Callixtus III

Pope from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family

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

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63

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu

English politician (1528-1592)

*November 29th, 1528, England †October 19th, 1592, West Horsley

32

Petrus Lotichius Secundus

German Neo-Latin Poet (1528-1560)

*November 2nd, 1528, Schlüchtern †November 7th, 1560, Heidelberg

71

Francisco Guerrero

Spanish composer of the Renaissance

*October 4th, 1528, Seville †November 8th, 1599, Seville

59

Qi Jiguang

Ming Dynasty general

*November 17th, 1528, Shandong †January 5th, 1588

74

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Holy Roman empress (1528-1603)

*June 21st, 1528, Madrid †February 26th, 1603, Convent of Las Descalzas Reales

44

Jeanne d'Albret

Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572

*January 7th, 1528, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 9th, 1572, Paris

52

Emanuele Filiberto I, Duke of Savoy

Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580

*July 8th, 1528, Chambéry †August 30th, 1580, Turin

47

Diogo de Payva de Andrada

Portuguese theologian/16th century

*July 26th, 1528, Coimbra †December 1st, 1575, Lisbon

75

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1549-1603)

*September 25th, 1528, Celle †October 26th, 1603, Harburg

56

Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German duke

*August 10th, 1528, Dassel †November 17th, 1584, Pavia

62

Archduchess Anna of Austria

Duchess of Bavaria (1528-1590)

*July 7th, 1528, Prague †October 16th, 1590, Munich

47

Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga

Spanish politician

*August 25th, 1528, Molins de Rei †March 5th, 1576, Brussels metropolitan area

51

Albert V, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria

*February 29th, 1528, Munich †October 24th, 1579, Munich

61

Jakob Andreae

German lutheran theologian

*March 25th, 1528, Waiblingen †January 7th, 1590, Tübingen

57

Adam Lonitzer

German physician and botanist (1528-1586)

*October 10th, 1528, Marburg †May 29th, 1586, Frankfurt

35

Matthäus Judex

German theologian (1528-1564)

*September 22nd, 1528, Dippoldiswalde †May 15th, 1564, Rostock

76

Domingo Báñez

Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian

*February 29th, 1528, Medina del Campo †October 22nd, 1604, Medina del Campo

75

Cyriacus Spangenberg

German theologian and historian

*June 7th, 1528, Nordhausen †February 16th, 1604, Strasbourg

60

Petrus Peckius the Elder

Jurist and one of the first to write about international maritime law

*November 30th, 1528, Zierikzee †July 16th, 1589, Mechelen

31

Jaroslav z Pernštejna

Czech nobleman

*November 14th, 1528, Moravský Krumlov †July 27th, 1560, Italy

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Leap year

Yes: 1528 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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