Monday, January 8, 1691 is a Monday. It is day 8 of 1691 (2.2% through the year), ISO week 2, in Q1.
Calendar Specifications
Monday, January 8, 1691 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 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.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to January 8.
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Historical Milestones
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.
Jared Lee Loughner →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.
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda →Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
Richardson, Texas →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".
Trans-en-Provence →Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.
1977 Moscow bombings →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.
Pakistani Instrument of Surrender →Five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were killed by the Huaorani in the rainforest of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
Evangelicalism →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.
New Deal for Aborigines →Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.
Reza Shah →The Committee for Union Action is established in Guatemala.
Comité Pro Acción Sindical →U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points for a moral cause and for post–World War I peace in Europe.
Woodrow Wilson →Blackstone Library (pictured), the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.
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Questions & Answers
Monday, January 8, 1691 falls on a Monday.
122,603 days ago (335 years, 8 months, 4 days ago). It is day 8 of 1691 with 357 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Monday, January 8, 1691 is written as VIII.I.MDCXCI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 63% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Capricorn.