Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

1958  Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on January - 08.   

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

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  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands) on January - 08.   

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  On this day in history european Parliament accept Mansholt Plan   

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

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

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  On this day in history georges Pompidou appointed French premier   

1966  Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC on January - 08.   

1967  Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 on January - 08.   

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  Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on this day in history.   

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

1973  On this day in history secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris   

1973  USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on January - 08.   

1974  On this day in history 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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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 January - 08.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  On January - 08 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  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.   

0482  On this day in history 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  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.