Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

1958  Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana   

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  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.   

1961  On January - 08 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters   

1961  On this day in history 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  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  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on January - 08.   

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on January - 08.   

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

1964  On this day in history arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71   

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

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

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

1966  Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on this day in history.   

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

1967  On January - 08 zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39   

1968  Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on this day in history.   

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

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on January - 08.   

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 this day in history 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  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  On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

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

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

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