Wednesday January 06, 1988, Epiphany

US date format: 1/6/1988, UK date format: 6/1/1988

It was Wednesday, under the sign of Capricorn (see birth chart on January 6, 1988). The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church. Famous people born on this day include Will Shepherd and Mikael Daez. In that special week of January people in US were listening to So Emotional by Whitney Houston. In UK Heaven Is A Place On Earth by Belinda Carlisle was in the top 5 hits. The Killing Time, directed by Rick King, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988 while The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum was one of the best selling books. On TV people were watching Finders Keepers. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Gemstone IV or Earthlight.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

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Holidays

Epiphany (National Holiday) in Italy
Christianity (except Eastern and Oriental Orthodox who follow the Julian Calendar) - Epiphany of the Lord (a.k.a. "Twelfth Day of Christmas" and Three Kings Day in some areas).
In the Irish Calendar- Little Christmas or Nollaig na mBan (Women's Christmas) and/or Twelfth Day.
Twelfth Night, or The Lord of Misrule
Rastafari movement - Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie
Ancient Latvia - Zvaigznes Diena observed
Armenian Christmas (except in the Holy Land where it's on January 18th - old calendar)
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