Born on 8 January 2016

At A Glance

8 January 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

8 January 2016 was a Friday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 2016 fell in the Year of the Goat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 January 2016 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 8 January

• 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.
• 2023 Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.

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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