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8 January 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2011 - Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by U.S. representative Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and injuring twelve others.American mass murderer (born 1988)
Anniversary
2010 - Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, killing three people.Cabindan guerilla movement for the independence of Cabinda Territory
Anniversary
1991 - Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".City in the Dallas and Collin counties of Texas, United States
Anniversary
1981 - In Trans-en-Provence, France, a local farmer reported a UFO sighting claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Anniversary
1977 - Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.Attack in the Soviet Union
Historical events
History
2023 - Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.President of Brazil from 2019 to 2023
History
2021 - Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.2021 police raid on the gang controlling La Vega Parish, Caracas, Venezuela
History
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.2020 aircraft shootdown over Iran
History
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.Mexican drug lord incarcerated in a US federal prison (born 1957)
History
2016 - West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.2016 aviation accident in Sweden
History
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.American politician and gun control activist (born 1970)
History
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.Cabindan guerilla movement for the independence of Cabinda Territory
History
2009 - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.Earthquake in northern Costa Rica
History
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.Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy
History
2004 - The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.British Cruise Ship and Ocean Liner
Notable births
Born
2001 - Zach Charbonnet, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actressAmerican singer and actress (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball playerLithuanian-Canadian basketball player (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriterItalian singer and songwriter (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Tony Bradley, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball playerDominican baseball player (born 1998)
Born
1995 - Ryan Destiny, American actress and singerAmerican actress, singer and songwriter (born 1995)
Born
1994 - Glenn Robinson III, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Mangkra Souvanna Phouma, Laotian prince (born 1938)Laotian royal (1938–2025)
Died
2022 - Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (born 1944)American concert promoter and record producer (1944–2022)
Died
2021 - Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922)Romanian Jewish Holocaust and Iași pogrom survivor
Died
2020 - Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (born 1942)Australian rules footballer (1942–2020)
Died
2020 - Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930)American actor (1930–2020)
Died
2017 - Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925)Swedish operatic tenor (1925–2017)
Died
2017 - James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939)President of Seychelles
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 11.2 days
Sun zodiac
Capricorn
17.72 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Moon zodiac
Taurus
28.61 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.