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 this day in history.   

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.   

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 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 January - 08.   

1962  On this day in history golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th   

1962  On January - 08 dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)   

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

1963  On this day in history stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81   

1964  On January - 08 european Parliament accept Mansholt Plan   

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  On this day in history 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  On January - 08 aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

1966  Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on January - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

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

1973  On January - 08 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  On January - 08 uSSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing   

1974  On January - 08 gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London   

1974  Loch Ness Monster photographed? on January - 08.   

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  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.   

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

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

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

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

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