Historical Events In January - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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