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Historical Events In January - 08

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1958  Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On January - 08 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history british police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On this day in history dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On January - 08 european Parliament accept Mansholt Plan  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On January - 08 beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On this day in history who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On January - 08 zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  On January - 08 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On this day in history secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On January - 08 gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  Loch Ness Monster photographed? on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In January - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In January - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1100  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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