Page 5: Historical Events In January - 08

1891  On January - 08 bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer   

1891  On this day in history fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81   

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

1892  On this day in history werner Wehrli, composer   

1892  On January - 08 john Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67   

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

1894  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1897  On January - 08 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 this day in history 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 January - 08 new South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes   

1901  On January - 08 the first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois.   

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

1901  On January - 08 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 this day in history gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)   

1904  On this day in history pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen   

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

1905  On January - 08 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 this day in history jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)   

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  On January - 08 bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))   

1912  The birth of Jose Ferrer, American actor on January - 08.   

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

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

1916  World War I: Allied forces withdraw from Gallipoli on this day in history.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

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

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

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  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.   

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

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

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  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  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.