January 8th, 1936

Born on January 8th, 1936

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What happened on January 8th, 1936?

January 8th, 1936

Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashf-e_hijab

January 8th, 1936

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on January 8th, 1936

81

Herbert Ernst Wiegand

German educationist

*January 8th, 1936, Frankfurt †January 3rd, 2018, Heidelberg

88

Erwin Porzner

German handball player

*January 8th, 1936, Larrieden

84

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government (1936-2020)

*January 8th, 1936, Sydney †April 28th, 2020, Oxford

68

Jyotindra Nath Dixit

Indian diplomat (1936–2005)

*January 8th, 1936, Chennai †January 3rd, 2005, New Delhi

81

Georgi Danailov

Bulgarian screenwriter (1936-2017)

*January 8th, 1936, Sofia †March 8th, 2017, Sofia

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

75

Heino Aunin

Estonian badminton player

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

76

Stephen Hawking

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

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

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

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

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

53

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987)

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

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

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

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

87

Shirley Bassey

Welsh singer

*January 8th, 1937, Tiger Bay

34

Chou Tien-Chen

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 8th, 1990, Taipei

25

Arne Maier

German association football player

*January 8th, 1999, Ludwigsfelde

40

Kim Jong-un

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

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

72

Klaus-Peter Flosbach

German politician

*January 8th, 1952, Wipperfürth

91

Ron Moody

British actor (1924–2015)

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

54

Roy Kinnear

British actor (1934–1988)

*January 8th, 1934, Wigan †September 20th, 1988, Madrid

52

Joseph Déchelette

French archaeologist and prehistorian

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

45

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

37

Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer

*January 8th, 1987, Stockwell

47

Amber Benson

American actress

*January 8th, 1977, Birmingham

Same year
Born in 1936

85

Uwe Seeler

German footballer (1936–2022)

*November 5th, 1936, Hamburg †July 21st, 2022, Norderstedt

66

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of Singapore (1936–2002)

*January 22nd, 1936, Straits Settlements †February 8th, 2002, Singapore

87

Jean Pütz

German science journalist and television presenter

*September 21st, 1936, Cologne

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

86

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

68

Dave Allen

Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)

*July 6th, 1936, Firhouse †March 10th, 2005, Kensington

81

Christian Rode

German actor and voice actor (1936–2018)

*July 20th, 1936, Hamburg †February 15th, 2018, Berlin

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

82

Burt Reynolds

American actor (1936–2018)

*February 11th, 1936, Lansing †September 6th, 2018, Jupiter

88

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

75

Václav Havel

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

*October 5th, 1936, Prague †December 18th, 2011, Hrádeček

82

Albert Finney

British actor

*May 9th, 1936, Salford †February 7th, 2019, Royal Marsden Hospital

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

72

David Carradine

American actor (1936–2009)

*December 8th, 1936, Hollywood †June 3rd, 2009, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1936 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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