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, 482,304 hours 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
- 307 –Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by his son Jin Huaidi.
- 1746 –Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
- 1811 –An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
- 1877 –Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
- 1912 –The African National Congress is founded.
- 1975 –Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
- 1977 –Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
- 1982 –The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
- 2002 –President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
- 2004 –The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake’s granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Who were born on January 8?
- 1601 –Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)
- 1852 –James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
- 1909 –Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999)
- 1912 –Lawrence E. Walsh, American jurist and 4th United States Deputy Attorney General
- 1931 –Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (d. 1991)
- 1947 –William Bonin, American serial killer and sex offender (d. 1996)
- 1951 –Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician
- 1955 –Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
- 1974 –Maria Matsouka, Greek politician
- 1989 –Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
Who died on January 8?
- 1198 –Pope Celestine III (b. c. 1106)
- 1324 –Marco Polo, Italian explorer (b. 1254)
- 1456 –St. Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)
- 1775 –John Baskerville, English printer (b. 1706)
- 1969 –Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)
- 1972 –Kenneth Patchen, American poet (b. 1911)
- 1994 –Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1997 –Melvin Calvin, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 2003 –Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 2011 –John Roll, United States federal judge (b.1947)
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