8 January 2023: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, January 8, 2023 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 14,374,080 breaths and experienced over 82,137,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 17,454,240 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 1 year, 11 months, and 13 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌕 The moon was in Full phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 238 days of your life or 0.65 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Martin Garrix according to DJ Mag.

♑ January 8 zodiac sign is Capricorn ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 7 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Saturn ♄

🪨 Your birthstone is Garnet ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for January is Carnation ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Saturday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Goose

⭐ Celebrities born on January 8th

1928

May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny; Noah's Ark), and real estate agent

1991

Asuka Hinoi, Japanese J-pop singer, and actress

1926

Soupy Sales [Milton Supman], American comedian, television, and radio personality

1934

Roy Kinnear, English character actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers)

1923

Giorgio Tozzi, American operatic bass (dubbed vocals of Emile de Becque for "South Pacific" film)

1985

Sam Levison, American actor and filmmaker (created TV show Euphoria)

1951

John McTiernan, American actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)

1941

Graham Chapman, English comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)

At the age of 74, Benard Arnault was the richest person in the world in 2023 with $211 billion fortune, followed by Elon Musk with $180 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1656

Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands).

1790

1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address.

1835

US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history.

1912

Chiefs, representatives of people's and church organisations, and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms.

1916

WWI: ANZAC forces withdraw from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople.

1926

Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

🎄 Holidays on January 8

National Man Watcher's Day

National Man Watcher's Day, celebrated on January 8th, is a quirky holiday where anyone can have fun watching men go about their daily lives, flipping the usual script of women often being the ones observed.

National Winter Skin Relief Day

National Winter Skin Relief Day, celebrated on January 8th, is a day to remember to take extra care of our skin during the cold winter months, because our skin can get really dry and needs more attention to stay healthy.

National Sunday Supper Day

National Sunday Supper Day, celebrated on the second Sunday in January, is about families making time to eat together, aiming to strengthen bonds by bringing back the tradition of shared meals.

🏆 Sports in 2023

🏒 NHL

Florida Panthers defeated Vegas Golden Knights (4 - 1) to win the 2023 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Kansas City Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles (38 - 35) to win Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.

⚾ MLB

Texas Rangers beat Arizona Diamondbacks (4 - 1) to win the 2023 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2023 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev (6-3, 7-6(7-5), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka (2-6, 6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

January 8, 2023 can be written as I-VIII-MMXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for January 8, 2023
→ Day Index: 8th day of 2023
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 2nd Sunday of 2023
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 2 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 1,027,159 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 238 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 8 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 0.65 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 24 🌕
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Saturn
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ Spirit Animal: Goose
→ Power Color: Grey
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2023: 8,045,311,447 Source: un.org

The 2023 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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