Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

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

1958  On this day in history cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana   

1959  On this day in history charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France   

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

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

1961  On January - 08 bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters   

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

1962  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands) on January - 08.   

1962  On January - 08 golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, first pro appearance, he came in 50th   

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  On January - 08 stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81   

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on January - 08.   

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  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 this day in history aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74   

1966  Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks on this day in history.   

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

1966  Georges Pompidou appointed French premier on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC   

1967  Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 on January - 08.   

1968  On this day in history jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV   

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 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  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  On January - 08 uSSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing   

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

1974  Loch Ness Monster photographed? on January - 08.   

1974  Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York on this day in history.   

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1081  On this day in history 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  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

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

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