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Wat gebeurde er op 8 januari?

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Jared Lee Loughner 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.
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda 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.
Richardson, Texas 1991 Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
Trans-en-Provence 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".
1977 Moscow bombings 1977 Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.
Pakistani Instrument of Surrender 1972 Following Pakistan's defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released Bangladeshi politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured) from prison in response to international pressure.
Evangelicalism 1956 Five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were killed by the Huaorani in the rainforest of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
1939 The New Deal for Aborigines was formally announced by the Australian government, providing for full civil rights for Indigenous Australians in exchange for cultural assimilation.

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Onze lijst voor 8 januari telt 58 gebeurtenissen, van 307 tot 2023.

De bekendste: 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 (2011); 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 (2010); Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy" (1991).

Geboren op 8 januari: Zach Charbonnet; Noah Cyrus; Ignas Brazdeikis; Damiano David.

Gebeurtenissen op 8 januari

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2023

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

  3. 2021

    Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 2016

    West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 2009

    A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.

  10. 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.

  11. 2004

    The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.

  12. 2003

    Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.

  13. 2003

    Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.

  14. 2002

    President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

  15. 1900 – 1999
  16. 1996

    An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.

  17. 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.

  18. 1989

    Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.

  19. 1982

    Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.

  20. 1981

    A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".

  21. 1977

    Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.

  22. 1975

    Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.

Geboren op 8 januari

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2001

    Zach Charbonnet, American football player

  3. 2000

    Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress

  4. 1900 – 1999
  5. 1999

    Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player

  6. 1999

    Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter

  7. 1998

    Tony Bradley, American basketball player

  8. 1998

    Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball player

  9. 1995

    Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer

  10. 1994

    Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player

  11. 1993

    William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

  12. 1993

    Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer

  13. 1992

    Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player

  14. 1992

    Koke, Spanish footballer

  15. 1992

    Valkyrae, American online streamer

  16. 1991

    Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer

  17. 1991

    Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer

  18. 1991

    Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer

  19. 1991

    Greg Smith, American basketball player

  20. 1990

    Blair Walsh, American football player

  21. 1989

    Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player

  22. 1988

    Adrián López, Spanish footballer

Overleden op 8 januari

  1. 2000 – 2099
  2. 2025

    Mangkra Souvanna Phouma, Laotian prince (born 1938)

  3. 2024

    Adan Canto, Mexican actor (born 1981)

  4. 2022

    Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (born 1944)

  5. 2021

    Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922)

  6. 2020

    Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (born 1942)

  7. 2020

    Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930)

  8. 2017

    Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925)

  9. 2017

    James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939)

  10. 2017

    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (born 1934)

  11. 2017

    Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

  12. 2016

    Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (born 1926)

  13. 2016

    German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (born 1933)

  14. 2015

    Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942)

  15. 2015

    Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (born 1926)

  16. 2015

    Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (born 1921)

  17. 2014

    Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925)

  18. 2014

    Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939)

  19. 2013

    Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (born 1927)

  20. 2013

    Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (born 1920)

  21. 2013

    Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (born 1930)

Feest- en gedenkdagen

  1. Babinden (Belarus, Russia)

  2. Christian feast day: Abo of Tiflis

  3. Christian feast day: Apollinaris Claudius

  4. Christian feast day: Blessed Eurosia Fabris

  5. Christian feast day: Gauchito Gil (Folk Catholicism)

  6. Christian feast day: Gudula

  7. Christian feast day: Harriet Bedell (Episcopal Church (USA))

  8. Christian feast day: Lawrence Giustiniani

  9. Christian feast day: Lucian of Beauvais

  10. Christian feast day: Maximus of Pavia

  11. Christian feast day: Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Roman Catholic Church)

  12. Christian feast day: Pega (Anglican and Roman Catholic churches)

  13. Christian feast day: Severinus of Noricum

  14. Christian feast day: Thorfinn of Hamar

  15. Christian feast day: January 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

  16. Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

  17. Earliest day on which Children's Day can fall, while January 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in January. (Thailand)

  18. Typing Day (International observance)

Geen resultaten.

Januari

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Bron: Wikipedia, “Op deze dag”.

Vragen over 8 januari

1. Wat gebeurde er op 8 januari?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1991 – Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
  • 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".
  • 1977 – Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.
2. Wie werd geboren op 8 januari?
  • 2001 – Zach Charbonnet, American football player
  • 2000 – Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress
  • 1999 – Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player
  • 1999 – Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter
  • 1998 – Tony Bradley, American basketball player
3. Wie stierf op 8 januari?
  • 2025 – Mangkra Souvanna Phouma, Laotian prince (born 1938)
  • 2024 – Adan Canto, Mexican actor (born 1981)
  • 2022 – Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (born 1944)
  • 2021 – Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922)
  • 2020 – Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (born 1942)
4. Wat wordt er op 8 januari gevierd?
  • Babinden (Belarus, Russia)
  • Christian feast day: Abo of Tiflis
  • Christian feast day: Apollinaris Claudius
  • Christian feast day: Blessed Eurosia Fabris
  • Christian feast day: Gauchito Gil (Folk Catholicism)
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