January 8th, 1739

Born on January 8th, 1739

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 (pictured) 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, 1933

Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain.

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

Same year
Born in 1739

56

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

German violinist and composer (1739-1796)

*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau

75

Camillo Marcolini

German noble (1739-1814)

*April 2nd, 1739, Fano †July 10th, 1814, Prague

72

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

52

Grigory Potemkin

Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)

*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Rădenii Vechi

60

John Rutledge

Chief justice of the United States in 1795

*September 17th, 1739, Charleston †July 23rd, 1800, Charleston

71

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

*September 15th, 1739, Madrid †August 22nd, 1811, Madrid

84

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

*January 26th, 1739, Cambrai †March 14th, 1823, Turville

63

Helfrich Bernhard Wenck

German historian (1739-1803)

*June 19th, 1739, Idstein †April 27th, 1803, Darmstadt

86

Louis Alexandre d'Albignac

French major general

*March 22nd, 1739, Arrigas †April 12th, 1825, Le Vigan

73

Stanisław Trembecki

Polish writer (1739–1812)

*May 8th, 1739, Jastrzębniki, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship †December 12th, 1812, Tulchyn

79

Mariano Salvador Maella

Spanish painter (1739-1819)

*August 21st, 1739, Valencia †May 10th, 1819, Madrid

50

Philipp Matthäus Hahn

German pastor and inventor (1739-1790)

*November 25th, 1739, Scharnhausen †May 2nd, 1790, Echterdingen

73

George Clymer

American politician (1739-1813)

*March 16th, 1739, Philadelphia †January 23rd, 1813, Morrisville

69

Philemon Dickinson

American politician

*April 5th, 1739, Trappe †February 4th, 1809, Trenton

74

Johann Baptist Vanhal

Czech composer (1739-1813)

*May 12th, 1739, Nechanice †August 20th, 1813, Vienna

53

Alois Friedrich von Brühl

Polish-Saxon diplomat, politician, soldier, actor and dramatist (1739-1793)

*June 21st, 1739, Dresden †January 27th, 1793, Berlin

78

Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane

French cardinal (1739-1818)

*October 30th, 1739, Valence †July 26th, 1818, Paris

28

Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany

British prince

*March 25th, 1739, London †September 17th, 1767, Monte Carlo

68

Christian Friedrich von Jäger

German physician, botanist and chemist (1739-1808)

*October 13th, 1739, Stuttgart †September 7th, 1808, Stuttgart

75

Jabez Bowen

American politician

*June 2nd, 1739, Providence †May 7th, 1815, Providence

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1739 is a normal year and no leap year.

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