Page 8: Historical Events In January - 08

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

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

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

1962  Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) on this day in history.   

1963  On January - 08 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art   

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  On January - 08 president Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"   

1964  On this day in history arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71   

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

1965  On this day in history star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History   

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

1966  On January - 08 georges Pompidou appointed French premier   

1966  On January - 08 who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC   

1967  Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history 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  Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established on this day in history.   

1971  On January - 08 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history loch Ness Monster photographed?   

1974  On this day in history 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 January - 08.   

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

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

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 January - 08.   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist   

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

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

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

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

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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