Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

1958  Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on January - 08.   

1958  On January - 08 cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana   

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France on January - 08.   

1959  On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic   

1959  On this day in history charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic   

1961  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters on January - 08.   

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  On this day in history dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1965  On January - 08 aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history georges Pompidou appointed French premier   

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

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

1971  On January - 08 voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established   

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

1972  On January - 08 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  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  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history 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  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

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

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

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

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

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

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73