Historical Events In January - 08

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

1958  On January - 08 cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana   

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

1959  On this day in history 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  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters on this day in history.   

1961  On January - 08 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 this day in history.   

1962  Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th on January - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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  Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 on January - 08.   

1966  On this day in history beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks   

1966  On January - 08 beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks   

1966  On this day in history georges Pompidou appointed French premier   

1966  On January - 08 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  Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on January - 08.   

1971  On January - 08 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  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 January - 08.   

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

1974  Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London on January - 08.   

1974  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

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

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

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

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73