What are the important events that happened on January 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 8 is the 8th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 26, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,736,294,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 21 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,401 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 8 Historical Events
- 1746 –Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
- 1815 –War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
- 1920 –The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
- 1956 –Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
- 1962 –The Harmelen train disaster killed 93 people in the Netherlands.
- 1973 –Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
- 1977 –Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
- 1979 –The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
- 1982 –The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
- 1989 –The Kegworth air disaster. British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 people out of 127 on board.
Who were born on January 8?
- 1788 –Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
- 1830 –Albert Bierstadt, German/American painter (d. 1902)
- 1902 –Carl Rogers, American psychologist (d. 1987)
- 1909 –Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999)
- 1924 –Ron Moody, English actor
- 1935 –Lewis H. Lapham, American writer
- 1947 –Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician
- 1947 –Terry Sylvester, English singer and musician
- 1973 –Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1983 –Felipe Colombo, Argentine/Mexican actor and singer
Who died on January 8?
- 482 –Saint Severinus of Noricum
- 1198 –Pope Celestine III (b. c. 1106)
- 1664 –Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
- 1789 –Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. c. 1703)
- 1942 –Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. 1869)
- 1945 –Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime (b. 1900)
- 1956 –Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)
- 1979 –Sara Carter, American country musician (b. 1898)
- 1996 –Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907)
- 2004 –John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930)
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