January 8th, 1942

Born on January 8th, 1942

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 7 people and injuring 37.

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, 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

Born on January 8th, 1942

76

Stephen Hawking

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

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

81

Joan Freeman

American actress

*January 8th, 1942, Council Bluffs

81

Haruki Kadokawa

Japanese film director

*January 8th, 1942, Tokyo

81

Robin Ellis

British actor

*January 8th, 1942, Ipswich

80

Yvette Mimieux

American actress (1942–2022)

*January 8th, 1942, Hollywood †January 18th, 2022, Los Angeles

81

Richard Beggs

American sound designer

*January 8th, 1942, San Francisco

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

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

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

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

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

79

Terry Brooks

American writer

*January 8th, 1944, Sterling

39

Kim Jong-un

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

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

80

José Ferrer

Puerto Rican actor and theatre and film director (1912-1992)

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

53

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987)

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

46

Amber Benson

American actress, writer, director

*January 8th, 1977, Birmingham

44

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

86

Shirley Bassey

Welsh singer

*January 8th, 1937, Tiger Bay

36

Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer

*January 8th, 1987, Stockwell

91

Ron Moody

British actor (1924–2015)

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

78

Kathleen Noone

Actress

*January 8th, 1945, Hillsdale

81

Herbert Ernst Wiegand

German educationist

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

58

Ole Søltoft

Danish actor (1941-1999)

*January 8th, 1941, Kolding †May 9th, 1999

77

Robby Krieger

American guitarist

*January 8th, 1946, Los Angeles

65

Marian Mudder

Dutch actor and writer

*January 8th, 1958, Rotterdam

70

Damián Alcázar

Mexican actor and politician

*January 8th, 1953, Jiquilpan

37

David Silva

Spanish association football player

*January 8th, 1986, Arguineguín

84

Carolina Herrera

Venezuelan-American fashion designer

*January 8th, 1939, Caracas

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

81

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German lawyer and politician (born 1942)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian actor

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

81

Paul McCartney

British rock musician, former member of The Beatles and Wings

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

81

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

81

Francisco Labastida

Mexican politician

*August 14th, 1942, Los Mochis

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

81

Giovanni Lodetti

Italian footballer

*August 10th, 1942, Caselle Lurani †September 22nd, 2023, Milan

81

Michael Crawford

British actor and singer

*January 19th, 1942, Salisbury

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

81

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

*April 24th, 1942, Brooklyn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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