What day of the week was January 8, 1959?

The day of the week January 8th, 1959 fell on was a Thursday.

Paul Hester the Australian drummer (Crowded House, Split Enz, Deckchairs Overboard, and Tarmac Adam) (d. 2005) was born on 08 January in 1959. As was Duk Koo Kim the South Korean boxer (d. 1982) .