January 8th, 1945

Born on January 8th, 1945

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What happened on January 8th, 1945?

January 8th, 1945

World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines

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, 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.

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

Born on January 8th, 1945

79

Kathleen Noone

Actress

*January 8th, 1945, Hillsdale

79

Kevin Conneff

Irish singer

*January 8th, 1945, Dublin

65

Heinrich-Wilhelm Ronsöhr

German politician (1945-2010)

*January 8th, 1945, Rennau †March 3rd, 2010, Rennau

79

Ron Ellis

Canadian ice hockey player

*January 8th, 1945, Lindsay

79

Phil Beal

English footballer (born 1945)

*January 8th, 1945, Godstone

79

Nancy Bond

American children's writer

*January 8th, 1945, Bethesda

79

Ludwig Wamser

German archaeologist and prehistorian

*January 8th, 1945, Tauberbischofsheim

76

Kadir Topbaş

Turkish politician

*January 8th, 1945, Yusufeli †February 13th, 2021, Istanbul

79

Bent Jørgensen

Danish handball player

*January 8th, 1945, Frederiksberg

73

Elga Sorbas

German actress (1945-2018)

*January 8th, 1945, Windecken †April 28th, 2018, Berlin

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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

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

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

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

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

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

75

Heino Aunin

Estonian badminton player

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

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

72

Klaus-Peter Flosbach

German politician

*January 8th, 1952, Wipperfürth

34

Chou Tien-Chen

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 8th, 1990, Taipei

78

Miguel Emmanuel Figueroa Perez

Mexican drug lord

*January 8th, 1946, Culiacán

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

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

40

Kim Jong-un

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

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

25

Arne Maier

German association football player

*January 8th, 1999, Ludwigsfelde

78

Robby Krieger

American guitarist

*January 8th, 1946, Los Angeles

53

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987)

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

80

Terry Brooks

American writer

*January 8th, 1944, Sterling

45

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

49

William Bonin

American serial killer

*January 8th, 1947, Willimantic †February 23rd, 1996, San Quentin State Prison

91

Ron Moody

British actor (1924–2015)

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

52

Joseph Déchelette

French archaeologist and prehistorian

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

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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