January 8th, 1946

Born on January 8th, 1946

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What happened on January 8th, 1946?

January 8th, 1946

Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Zhdanov

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, 1946

78

Miguel Emmanuel Figueroa Perez

Mexican drug lord

*January 8th, 1946, Culiacán

78

Robby Krieger

American guitarist

*January 8th, 1946, Los Angeles

65

Juan Antonio Deusto

Spanish association football player (1946-2011)

*January 8th, 1946, Bilbao †July 21st, 2011, Bilbao

73

Fritz Künzli

Swiss footballer (1946-2019)

*January 8th, 1946, Glarus †December 22nd, 2019, Zollikerberg

64

Hadayatullah Hübsch

German journalist (1946-2011)

*January 8th, 1946, Chemnitz †January 4th, 2011, Frankfurt

78

Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie

British judge (born 1946)

*January 8th, 1946, Alloa

78

Don Reo

American television producer

*January 8th, 1946, Rhode Island

75

Elijah Moshinsky

Australian opera director (1946-2021)

*January 8th, 1946, Shanghai French Concession †January 14th, 2021, London

76

Arnis Licitis

Latvian actor

*January 8th, 1946, Riga †January 21st, 2022, Riga

72

Rubén Oswaldo Díaz

Argentine footballer (1946-2018)

*January 8th, 1946, Buenos Aires †January 16th, 2018, Buenos Aires

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Who's birthday is on January 8th?

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

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

76

Stephen Hawking

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

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

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

72

Klaus-Peter Flosbach

German politician

*January 8th, 1952, Wipperfürth

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

34

Chou Tien-Chen

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 8th, 1990, Taipei

40

Kim Jong-un

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

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

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

25

Arne Maier

German association football player

*January 8th, 1999, Ludwigsfelde

49

William Bonin

American serial killer

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

77

Willy De Geest

Belgian bicycle racer

*January 8th, 1947, Ghent

53

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987)

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

45

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

79

Kathleen Noone

Actress

*January 8th, 1945, Hillsdale

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

37

Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer

*January 8th, 1987, Stockwell

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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