January 8
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 2002
President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2003
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2003
Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2004
The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2005
The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2010
Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2011
Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge.
Wikipedia ↗ - 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.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2016
West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2020
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2021
Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.
Wikipedia ↗ - 2023
Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.
Wikipedia ↗
2001Zach Charbonnet, American football player
Wikipedia ↗
2000Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress
Wikipedia ↗
1999Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player
Wikipedia ↗
1999Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter
Wikipedia ↗
1998Tony Bradley, American basketball player
Wikipedia ↗
1995Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer
Wikipedia ↗
1994Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player
Wikipedia ↗
1993William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Wikipedia ↗
1993Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer
Wikipedia ↗
1992Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
Wikipedia ↗
1992Koke, Spanish footballer
Wikipedia ↗
1992Valkyrae, American online streamer
Wikipedia ↗
Data: Wikipedia “January 8” and “On this day”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia ↗