What day of the week was January 8, 2009?

The day of the week January 8th, 2009 fell on was a Thursday.

Richard John Neuhaus the Canadian-American priest and author (b. 1936) died on this day in 2009. As did Lasantha Wickrematunge the Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958) .

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.