Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In January - 08
Monday, 15 September 2025
1958 Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on January - 08. 
1958 On January - 08 cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1959 On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France
1959 On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic
1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.
1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters on this day in history.
1961 On January - 08 british police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland.
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands) on this day in history.
1962 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th on January - 08.
1962 On January - 08 dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
1963 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art on this day in history.
1963 Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on this day in history.
1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" on January - 08.
1964 On January - 08 arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
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 this day in history.
1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks on January - 08.
1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks on January - 08.
1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on January - 08.
1966 On this day in history who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
1967 Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 on this day in history.
1968 Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on January - 08.
1971 On this day in history 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA
1971 On January - 08 voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established
1971 On January - 08 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
1972 On January - 08 kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG on this day in history.
1973 Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris on January - 08.
1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on this day in history.
1974 On January - 08 gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
1974 On January - 08 loch Ness Monster photographed?
1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York on January - 08.
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