What day of the week was January 8, 1961?

The day of the week January 8th, 1961 fell on was a Sunday.

Keith Arkell the English chess player was born on 08 January in 1961. As was Calvin Smith the American sprinter .

Schoolboy Rowe the American baseball player (b. 1910) died on this day in 1961.

In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.