Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

1958  On January - 08 bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14.   

1958  Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana on this day in history.   

1959  On January - 08 charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France   

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

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 08 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 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 January - 08.   

1963  "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art on this day in history.   

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

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on January - 08.   

1964  On this day in history president Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"   

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

1965  On January - 08 nBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo.   

1965  Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History on January - 08.   

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

1967  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

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

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

1973  USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing on January - 08.   

1974  Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London on this day in history.   

1974  On January - 08 loch Ness Monster photographed?   

1974  On January - 08 silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

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

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

1589  On January - 08 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 January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  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