What happend on 8th January

07.01
09.01
1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.

1962

Harmelen train disaster.

1962

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.)

1959

Michel Debré becomes Prime Minister of France

1959

conquest of Cuba by Fidel Castro is completed with the conquest of Santiago de Cuba.

1958

14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.

1953

René Mayer becomes Prime Minister of France.

1935

A.C. Hardy patents the spectrophotometer.

1926

African National Congress founded.

1926

Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.