January 8th (2002) was a Tuesday. It's the 7th day of the year (8th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 8th January, 2002
» President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
January 8th Famous Deaths for 2002
» Alexander Prokhorov, Russian physicist Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
January 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of Saints or Feast Day:
» Abo of Tiflis
» Apollinaris Claudius
» Gudula
» Lawrence Giustiniani
» Lucian of Beauvais
» Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Bon Secours) (Roman Catholic Church)