deaths
January 8, 1953
Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (born 1883)
Hugh Binney
Admiral Sir Thomas Hugh Binney, was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and the 16th Governor of Tasmania from 1945 to 1951.
Governor of Tasmania
The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the monarch, currently King Charles III. The incumbent governor is Barbara Baker, who was appointed in June 2021. The official residence of the governor is Government House located at the Queens Domain in Hobart. The governor's primary task is to perform the sovereign's constitutional duties on their behalf.
January 8
January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.