Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

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

1958  On January - 08 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  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  On January - 08 british police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland.   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1963  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on January - 08.   

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

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

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1965  NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo on this day in history.   

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

1966  Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks on January - 08.   

1966  Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on January - 08.   

1966  Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC on this day in history.   

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

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

1971  On this day in history 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA   

1971  Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 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  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  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

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  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

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 January - 08.