Born on 8 January 2002

At A Glance

8 January 2002 at a glance

Day of the week

8 January 2002 was a Tuesday.

ARIA No. 1

The ARIA No. 1 was “Get the Party Started” by P!nk.

Top Film of 2002

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2002 was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Best-Selling Vehicle of 2002

Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2002 was the Holden Commodore.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 2002 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 January 2002 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 8 January

• 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.
• 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
• 2016 Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.

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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