(+) Moralist, philosopher and Jesuit Baltasar Gracian y Morales is born in Belmonte de Calatayud, Aragon, Spain.
371 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 8 January 1642
(-) Scientist Galileo Galilei dies of fever and heart palpitations at the age of 77 in Arcetri, Tuscany, Italy.
238 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 8 January 1775
(-) Printer and typographer John Baskerville dies at the age of 68 in Easy Hill, Worcestershire, United Kingdom.
182 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 8 January 1831
(+) Druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola John Stith Pemberton is born in Knoxville, Georgia, USA.
117 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 8 January 1896
(-) Writer Paul Marie Verlaine dies of a kidney and stomach-disease at the age of 51 in Paris, France.
109 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1904
(+) Nazi-doctor Karl Brandt is born in Mulhouse, France.
87 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1926
(-) Murderer William Lawrence is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, USA.
78 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 8 January 1935
(+) Musician Elvis Aaron Presley aka The King, is born in East Tupelo, Missouri, USA.
76 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1937
(+) Musician Shirley Bassey is born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
76 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1937
(-) Murderer Frank Duarte is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 24 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, USA.
70 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1943
(-) Murderer Grady B. Cole is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 28 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, USA.
70 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1943
(-) Murderer J. C. Levice is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 22 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, USA.
70 YEARS AGO - on Friday 8 January 1943
(-) Murderer Charles Sanders is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 21 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, USA.
66 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 8 January 1947
(+) Musician and actor David Bowie is born in London, United Kingdom.
66 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 8 January 1947
(+) Serial Killer William George Bonin aka The Freeway Killer, is born in California, USA.
(-) Artist Kurt Schwitters dies at the age of 60 in Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom.
55 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 8 January 1958
(+) Musician Marc Moreland is born in California, USA.
He was the founder of 'Wall of Voodoo'.
51 YEARS AGO - on Monday 8 January 1962
(x) 92 Die in two-train-collision in Harmelen, the Netherlands.
45 YEARS AGO - on Monday 8 January 1968
(x) Peter Paul Rubens' "Die Jungfrau mit den Engeln" is carved into with a knife by persons unknown in Paris, Le Louvre, France.
40 YEARS AGO - on Monday 8 January 1973
(-) Cynthia Schall is shot dead and cut to pieces by Ed Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer, in Freedom, California, USA.
He hid the body and went back the next day to have sex with it and cut off the head.
39 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 8 January 1974
(-) Josette Routier is shot dead and violated by Marcel Barbeault aka Le Tueur de l’Ombre, at the age of 29 in Nogent-sur-Oise, 19 rue du Docteur Roux, France.
38 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 8 January 1975
(-) Maria Fasching is stabbed to death by Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker, at the age of 22 in Leonia, New Jersey, USA.
24 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 8 January 1989
(x) 47 Die in British Midland Flight 92 Boeing 737-400 crash onto the M1 motorway embankment in Kegworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
17 YEARS AGO - on Monday 8 January 1996
(-) President of France François Mitterand dies at the age of 79 in Paris, France.
17 YEARS AGO - on Monday 8 January 1996
(x) Over 350 Die in Antonov 32 cargo plane crash in Kinshasa Central Market, Zaïre.
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