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

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

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

1961  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters on this day in history.   

1961  British police arrest Canadian George Lonsdale and four others for spying at the Royal Navy base in Portland on this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81   

1964  On this day in history european Parliament accept Mansholt Plan   

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

1964  On January - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 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 this day in history.   

1968  Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on US network TV on January - 08.   

1971  29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA on January - 08.   

1971  On January - 08 voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established   

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

1972  Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1973  Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG on January - 08.   

1973  On January - 08 secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris   

1973  On January - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

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 this day in history.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

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  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

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

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

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

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.