Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

1958  Bobby Fisher wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14 on this day in history.   

1958  On January - 08 cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana   

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France on January - 08.   

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

1959  Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic on January - 08.   

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on January - 08.   

1964  European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan on this day in history.   

1964  President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" on January - 08.   

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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 January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

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

1973  On this day in history greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG   

1973  Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris on January - 08.   

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing   

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

1974  Loch Ness Monster photographed? on January - 08.   

1974  Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York on January - 08.   

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

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

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

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On January - 08 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 this day in history 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  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.   

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  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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