Born on 8 January 1959

At A Glance

8 January 1959 at a glance

Day of the week

8 January 1959 was a Thursday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Tom Dooley” by The Kingston Trio was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1959

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1959 was Ben-Hur.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 1959 fell in the Year of the Dog.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 January 1959 was New Moon.

On this day: 8 January

• 1946 Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submits 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.
• 1959 Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• 1961 In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
• 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
• 1972 Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.

Famous people born on 8 January

• Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (1935–1977)
• David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1947–2016)
• Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (1942–2018)
• Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1999)

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