What are the important events that happened on January 2, 2008? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 2, 2008: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 2, 2008 is the 2nd day of the year 2008 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 20, 2007 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,199,232,000 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 ‘digon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Quarter every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $1,220.25. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Pig is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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Who died on January 2, 2008?
- 2008 –Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Thailand (b. 1923)
- 2008 –George MacDonald Fraser, British author (b. 1925)
- 2008 –Gerry Staley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2008 –Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2008 –Martinus Tels, Dutch physicist and chemical engineer (b. 1926)
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