What day of the week was January 8, 1979?

The day of the week January 8th, 1979 fell on was a Monday.

Torry Castellano the American drummer (The Donnas) was born on 08 January in 1979. As was Adrian Mutu the Romanian footballer , Stipe Pletikosa the Croatian footballer , Sarah Polley the Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter , Tomasz Schafernaker the Polish-English meteorologist , Seol Ki-Hyeon the South Korean footballer , Mirella van Melis the Dutch cyclist .

Sara Carter the American singer-songwriter and harp player (Carter Family) (b. 1898) died on this day in 1979.

The tanker ''Betelgeuse'' explodes in Bantry Bay the Ireland.