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  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic on this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art   

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

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on January - 08.   

1964  On January - 08 president Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"   

1964  On January - 08 arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71   

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

1965  On this day in history star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History   

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

1966  On January - 08 beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks   

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

1966  On January - 08 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 this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

1971  On January - 08 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

1972  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

1973  Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing   

1974  Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London on this day in history.   

1974  On January - 08 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  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 this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

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

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

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  On this day in history 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  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73