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Historical Events In January - 08

Friday, 29 March 2024

1958  Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On this day in history charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On January - 08 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  British police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On January - 08 golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On this day in history european Parliament accept Mansholt Plan  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On January - 08 president Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On this day in history arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  On this day in history star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On this day in history beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On this day in history zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On January - 08 jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On this day in history greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On January - 08 gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  Loch Ness Monster photographed? on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On January - 08 silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In January - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In January - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1100  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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