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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