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 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 this day in history.  

1961  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters on this day in history.  

1961  British police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland on this day in history.  

1962  On January - 08 dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)  

1962  On January - 08 golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th  

1962  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) on January - 08.  

1963  "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art on January - 08.  

1963  On January - 08 stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81  

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on this day in history.  

1964  President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" on January - 08.  

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

1965  NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo on January - 08.  

1965  On January - 08 star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History  

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

1966  Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.  

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

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  Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV  

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

1971  Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on January - 08.  

1971  Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1973  Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG on this day in history.  

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  On January - 08 silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York  

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1081  On January - 08 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 January - 08 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  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  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.  

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

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.  

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)  

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  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.  

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.