Historical Events In January - 08

1891  On January - 08 bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer   

1891  Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on January - 08.   

1892  A hundred workers die in a mine explosion in McAlister, Oklahoma on January - 08.   

1892  On this day in history werner Wehrli, composer   

1892  John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67 on January - 08.   

1894  On this day in history columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire   

1894  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on January - 08.   

1896  Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) on January - 08.   

1897  On this day in history michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship   

1899  On January - 08 solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)   

1900  On this day in history the Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but the British hold fast.   

1900  Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia on January - 08.   

1900  On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies   

1901  On January - 08 new South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes   

1901  On this day in history the first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois.   

1901  NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)   

1902  On this day in history 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)   

1902  Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music) on this day in history.   

1903  On January - 08 gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)   

1904  On January - 08 pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen   

1904  Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker) on January - 08.   

1905  Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher on January - 08.   

1906  A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people on January - 08.   

1906  On January - 08 jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)   

1907  On January - 08 theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57   

1908  On this day in history subway transit service between Brooklyn and Manhattan begins.   

1908  On January - 08 (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress   

1909  On this day in history bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))   

1912  On this day in history the birth of Jose Ferrer, American actor   

1912  On this day in history the African National Congress is founded.   

1913  Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history world War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.   

1917  Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy on January - 08.   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.   

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73