Historical Events In January - 08
Friday, 29 March 2024
1958 Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on January - 08.
1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana on January - 08.
1959 On this day in history charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France
1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.
1959 On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic
1961 On January - 08 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
1961 British police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland on this day in history.
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands) on this day in history.
1962 On January - 08 golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) on January - 08.
1963 On this day in history "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art
1963 Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history european Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
1964 On January - 08 president Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
1964 On this day in history arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
1965 NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
1965 Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on January - 08.
1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.
1966 On this day in history beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on this day in history.
1966 Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
1968 On January - 08 jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV
1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA on January - 08.
1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on this day in history.
1971 Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85 on January - 08.
1972 Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG
1973 Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris on this day in history.
1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on January - 08.
1974 On January - 08 gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed? on this day in history.
1974 On January - 08 silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
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