Page 5: Historical Events In January - 08

1891  Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer on January - 08.   

1891  Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1892  Werner Wehrli, composer on January - 08.   

1892  On this day in history john Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67   

1894  Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84   

1896  On this day in history jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)   

1897  Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship on January - 08.   

1899  On January - 08 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  On January - 08 queen Marie, of Yugoslavia   

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

1901  On this day in history 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  On January - 08 nSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes   

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

1902  1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) on January - 08.   

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  Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen on January - 08.   

1904  On January - 08 peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)   

1905  On this day in history carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher   

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  Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1908  Subway transit service between Brooklyn and Manhattan begins on January - 08.   

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

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

1912  The birth of Jose Ferrer, American actor on this day in history.   

1912  The African National Congress is founded on January - 08.   

1913  Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager on January - 08.   

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

1917  On January - 08 austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on January - 08.   

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

1589  On January - 08 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 January - 08 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  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

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

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73