Historical Events In January - 08

1958  On January - 08 bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14.   

1958  Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana on this day in history.   

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France on January - 08.   

1959  On this day in history charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic   

1959  On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic   

1961  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

1962  On this day in history dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)   

1962  Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)   

1963  On this day in history "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art   

1963  On this day in history stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81   

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on January - 08.   

1964  President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" on this day in history.   

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1965  On this day in history nBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo.   

1965  Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History on January - 08.   

1965  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on January - 08.   

1966  On this day in history beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks   

1966  On this day in history beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks   

1966  On this day in history georges Pompidou appointed French premier   

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  Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on January - 08.   

1971  29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA on January - 08.   

1971  On January - 08 voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established   

1971  On January - 08 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

1972  On this day in history kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60   

1973  On this day in history greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG   

1973  On January - 08 secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris   

1973  On January - 08 uSSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing   

1974  On this day in history gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London   

1974  On this day in history loch Ness Monster photographed?   

1974  Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York on this day in history.   

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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 January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

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

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  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

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

0482  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

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

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on this day in history.   

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