What Day Of The Week Was January 8?

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Thursday January 8, 2026
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 8: Day of the Week

January 8, 2026 was the 8th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 357 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

January 8 by the Numbers

  • 35 days since January 8
  • 0 year, 1 month, and 4 days ago
  • 1 month since then
  • January 8 is in the 2nd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
  • 5 weeks ago
  • The year 2026 is not a leap year

January 8 Historical Event(s)

1746Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. 1811An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. 1815War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. 1863American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield 1889Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’— his punched card calculator. 1940World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. 1973Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins. 1982The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. 2005The 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. 2010Gunmen from an offshoot the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three.

Who were born on January 8?

1583Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643) 1821W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. 1862) 1830Albert Bierstadt, German/American painter (d. 1902) 1926Evelyn Lear, American soprano 1933Ko Un, Korean poet 1945Kathleen Noone, American actress 1947Laurie Walters, American actress 1975Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer 1977Melanie Seeger, German race walker 1979Sarah Polley, Canadian actress

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