January 8th, 1973

Born on January 8th, 1973

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What happened on January 8th, 1973?

January 8th, 1973

Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

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 (pictured) 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, 1973

47

Irina Slavina

Russian journalist

*January 8th, 1973, Nizhny Novgorod †October 2nd, 2020, Nizhny Novgorod

Same year
Born in 1973

53

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

53

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

52

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

52

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

53

Niels Annen

German politician (SPD)

*April 6th, 1973, Eimsbüttel

52

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

52

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

53

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

52

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

52

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

52

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

53

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

53

Pharrell Williams

American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and singer

*April 5th, 1973, Virginia Beach

52

Seth MacFarlane

American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973)

*October 26th, 1973, Kent

53

Jim Parsons

American actor (born 1973)

*March 24th, 1973, St. Joseph Medical Center

53

Rachel Maddow

American television news host and political commentator

*April 1st, 1973, Castro Valley

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

52

Patrick Wilson

American actor

*July 3rd, 1973, Norfolk

53

Guillaume Canet

French actor, film director, and screenwriter

*April 10th, 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt

53

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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