Page 5: Historical Events In January - 08

1891  On this day in history bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer   

1891  On January - 08 fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81   

1892  A hundred workers die in a mine explosion in McAlister, Oklahoma on this day in history.   

1892  On January - 08 werner Wehrli, composer   

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

1894  On January - 08 columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire   

1894  On January - 08 pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84   

1896  Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) on this day in history.   

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

1899  On this day in history solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)   

1900  On January - 08 the Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but the British hold fast.   

1900  Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

1900  Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies on January - 08.   

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

1901  The first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois on this day in history.   

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 January - 08 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)   

1902  On January - 08 alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)   

1903  Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider) on this day in history.   

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  Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) on January - 08.   

1907  On this day in history theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57   

1908  On January - 08 subway transit service between Brooklyn and Manhattan begins.   

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

1909  Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471)) on this day in history.   

1912  On January - 08 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 January - 08 world War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli.   

1917  Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy on this day in history.   

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

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

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

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

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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