Born on 8 January 1988

At A Glance

8 January 1988 at a glance

Day of the week

8 January 1988 was a Friday.

Kent Music Report No. 1

The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley.

Top Film of 1988

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1988 was Rain Man.

Best-Selling Vehicle of 1988

Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1988 was the Ford Falcon.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 1988 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 January 1988 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 8 January

• 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.
• 1981 A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
• 1982 Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
• 1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
• 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

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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