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 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  On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters   

1961  On January - 08 british police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on January - 08.   

1964  President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" on this day in history.   

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39   

1968  On January - 08 jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV   

1971  29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA on January - 08.   

1971  On this day in history voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established   

1971  On this day in history adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

1972  On January - 08 kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60   

1973  On January - 08 greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG   

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

1973  USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on this day in history.   

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

1974  Loch Ness Monster photographed? on January - 08.   

1974  On this day in history silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York   

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1081  On this day in history 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  On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

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

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.   

0482  On January - 08 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  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

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

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.