8 January It Happened Today
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1642 Death of mathematician and astronomer Galileo Galilei.
1895 Death of French poet Paul Verlaine.
1935 Birth of Elvis Presley.
1940 Britain introduces food rationing.
1941 Founder of the boy scout movement, Robert Baden-Powell dies.
1996 Death of former French president Francois Mitterand.
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