Historical Events In January - 08

1891  Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer on January - 08.  

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

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

1892  Werner Wehrli, composer on January - 08.  

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

1894  On this day in history 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  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  Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59) on January - 08.  

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 January - 08 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  The first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois on January - 08.  

1901  NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes on January - 08.  

1901  Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable) on this day in history.  

1902  On this day in history 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)  

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

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  Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker) on this day in history.  

1905  Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher on January - 08.  

1906  On this day in history a landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.  

1906  Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) on this day in history.  

1907  Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 on January - 08.  

1908  On this day in history 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 January - 08.  

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

1912  The African National Congress is founded on this day in history.  

1913  Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager on January - 08.  

1916  On this day in history 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 January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)  

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)  

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier  

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist  

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  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)  

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.  

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 January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71  

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