Born on 8 January 1957

At A Glance

8 January 1957 at a glance

Day of the week

8 January 1957 was a Tuesday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “Singing the Blues” by Tommy Steele.

Top Film of 1957

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1957 was The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 1957 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 January 1957 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 8 January

• 1945 World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.
• 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.

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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