February, 8th in History

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Events

Tuesday 08, 2005:
Israel and Palestinians agree to cease-fire.

Friday 08, 2002:
Opening ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games.

Thursday 08, 2001:
Disney's California Adventure, the Disneyland Resort's second park in its 46-year history, opens.

Thursday 08, 1996:
The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

Monday 08, 1993:
General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settled the lawsuit the next day.

Wednesday 08, 1989:
An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal killing 144.

Friday 08, 1985:
After 6-1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazzard goes off the air.

Wednesday 08, 1984:
1984 Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo.

Tuesday 08, 1983:
Irish racehorse Shergar was kidnapped in County Kildare. The fate of the horse is still unknown.

Thursday 08, 1979:
Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the President of the People?s Republic of the Congo for the first time.

Wednesday 08, 1978:
Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcasted on radio for the first time.

Friday 08, 1974:
Military coup in Upper Volta.

Monday 08, 1971:
A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts.

Saturday 08, 1969:
The last weekly issue of the Saturday Evening Post hits magazine stands.

Thursday 08, 1968:
American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the deaths of three college students. (Orangeburg Massacre)

Friday 08, 1963:
Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

Monday 08, 1960:
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

Tuesday 08, 1949:
Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason.

Monday 08, 1943:
United States forces defeat Japanese troops.

Saturday 08, 1936:
Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a National Football League draft, by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Friday 08, 1924:
Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.

Wednesday 08, 1922:
President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.

Friday 08, 1918:
The Stars and Stripes newspaper publishes for the first time.

Monday 08, 1915:
D.W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.

Tuesday 08, 1910:
The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.

Monday 08, 1904:
Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

Thursday 08, 1900:
British troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa.

Tuesday 08, 1887:
The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

Friday 08, 1867:
The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary,

Friday 08, 1861:
American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed. Jefferson Davis is selected as first president.

Thursday 08, 1855:
The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.

Wednesday 08, 1837:
Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.

Sunday 08, 1807:
Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.

Sunday 08, 1693:
The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter.

Friday 08, 1692:
A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony declares that three teenaged girls are under domination of Satan, leading to the Salem witch trials.

Tuesday 08, 1622:
King James I of England disbands the English Parliament

Thursday 08, 1601:
revolt is quickly crushed

Sunday 08, 1587:
Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.

Tuesday 08, 1555:
Laurence Saunders is led barefoot to his execution and burned at the stake.

Monday 08, 421:
Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 08

1983:
Jim Verraros, American singer (b: February 8, 1983) (Biography of Jim Verraros)

1977:
Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist (b: February 8, 1977) (Biography of Yucef Merhi)
Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park) (b: February 8, 1977) (Biography of Dave Farrell)

1974:
Seth Green, American actor (b: February 8, 1974) (Biography of Seth Green)

1972:
Paul Wight, American professional wrestler (b: February 8, 1972) (Biography of Paul Wight)

1968:
Gary Coleman, American actor (b: February 8, 1968) (Biography of Gary Coleman)

1961:
Vince Neil, American musician (b: February 8, 1961) (Biography of Vince Neil)

1955:
John Grisham, American novelist (b: February 8, 1955) (Biography of John Grisham)

1953:
Mary Steenburgen, American actress (b: February 8, 1953) (Biography of Mary Steenburgen)

1950:
Dan Seals, American singer (b: February 8, 1950) (Biography of Dan Seals)

1949:
Brooke Adams, American actress (b: February 8, 1949) (Biography of Brooke Adams)

1948:
John Ford Coley, American pop singer (b: February 8, 1948) (Biography of John Ford Coley)

1942:
Robert Klein, American comedian (b: February 8, 1942) (Biography of Robert Klein)
Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b: February 8, 1942) (Biography of Terry Melcher)

1941:
Nick Nolte, American actor (b: February 8, 1941) (Biography of Nick Nolte)

1940:
Ted Koppel, American journalist (b: February 8, 1940) (Biography of Ted Koppel)

1937:
Manfred Krug, German actor (b: February 8, 1937) (Biography of Manfred Krug)

1933:
Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano (b: February 8, 1933) (Biography of Elly Ameling)
Jack Larson, American actor (b: February 8, 1933) (Biography of Jack Larson)

1932:
John Williams, American composer and conductor (b: February 8, 1932) (Biography of John Williams (composer))

1931:
James Dean, American actor (b: February 8, 1931 ; d: September 30, 1955) (Biography of James Dean)

1930:
Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (b: February 8, 1930) (Biography of Alejandro Rey)

1926:
Audrey Meadows, American actress (b: February 8, 1926 ; d: February 3, 1996) (Biography of Audrey Meadows)
Neal Cassady, American writer (b: February 8, 1926 ; d: February 4, 1968) (Biography of Neal Cassady)

1925:
Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (b: February 8, 1925 ; d: June 27, 2001) (Biography of Jack Lemmon)

1920:
Lana Turner, American actress (b: February 8, 1920 ; d: June 29, 1995) (Biography of Lana Turner)

1918:
Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (b: February 8, 1918 ; d: June 2, 2003) (Biography of Fred Blassie)

1911:
Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (b: February 8, 1911) (Biography of Elizabeth Bishop)

1906:
Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (b: February 8, 1906 ; d: September 19, 1968) (Biography of Chester Carlson)

1895:
King Vidor, American film director (b: February 8, 1895 ; d: November 1, 1982) (Biography of King Vidor)

1894:
Ludwig Marcuse, German author and philosopher (b: February 8, 1894) (Biography of Ludwig Marcuse)

1888:
Dame Edith Evans, British actress (b: February 8, 1888 ; d: October 14, 1976) (Biography of Edith Evans)

1886:
Charles Ruggles, American actor (b: February 8, 1886 ; d: December 23, 1970) (Biography of Charles Ruggles)

1880:
Franz Marc, German painter (b: February 8, 1880) (Biography of Franz Marc)

1878:
Martin Buber, German philosopher (b: February 8, 1878 ; d: June 13, 1965) (Biography of Martin Buber)

1851:
Kate Chopin, American author (b: February 8, 1851 ; d: August 22, 1904) (Biography of Kate Chopin)

1834:
Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b: February 8, 1834 ; d: February 2, 1907) (Biography of Dmitri Mendeleev)

1828:
Jules Verne, French author (b: February 8, 1828 ; d: March 24, 1905) (Biography of Jules Verne)

1820:
William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union general (b: February 8, 1820) (Biography of William Tecumseh Sherman)

1807:
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (b: February 8, 1807) (Biography of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins)

1804:
Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b: February 8, 1804 ; d: February 6, 1834) (Biography of Richard Lemon Lander)

1685:
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b: February 8, 1685 ; d: November 24, 1770) (Biography of Charles-Jean-François Hénault)

1677:
Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b: February 8, 1677) (Biography of Jacques Cassini)

1649:
Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (b: February 8, 1649) (Biography of Gabriel Daniel)

1586:
Jacob Praetorius, German composer (b: February 8, 1586) (Biography of Jacob Praetorius)

1577:
Robert Burton, English cleric and writer (b: February 8, 1577 ; d: January 25, 1640) (Biography of Robert Burton (scholar))

1552:
Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (b: February 8, 1552 ; d: April 29, 1630) (Biography of Agrippa d'Aubigné)

1487:
Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b: February 8, 1487 ; d: November 6, 1550) (Biography of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg)

1291:
King Afonso IV of Portugal (b: February 8, 1291 ; d: May 28, 1357) (Biography of Afonso IV of Portugal)

412:
Proclus, Greek philosopher (b: February 8, 412 ; d: April 17, 487) (Biography of Proclus)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-february/births.html

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People who died on February 08

2004:
Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent (b: June 19, 1915 ; d: February 8, 2004) (Biography of Julius Schwartz)

2002:
Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b: December 1, 1930 ; d: February 8, 2002) (Biography of Joachim Hoffmann)

2001:
Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b: February 17, 1920 ; d: February 8, 2001) (Biography of Ivo Caprino)

2000:
Sid Abel, Canadian hockey player (b: February 22, 1918 ; d: February 8, 2000) (Biography of Sid Abel)
Derrick Thomas (d: February 8, 2000) (Biography of Derrick Thomas)

1999:
Iris Murdoch, Irish writer (b: July 15, 1919 ; d: February 8, 1999) (Biography of Iris Murdoch)

1998:
Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author (b: April 23, 1902 ; d: February 8, 1998) (Biography of Halldór Laxness)
Julian Simon, American economist and author (b: February 12, 1932 ; d: February 8, 1998) (Biography of Julian Simon)

1994:
Raymond Scott (d: February 8, 1994) (Biography of Raymond Scott)

1990:
Del Shannon, American singer (b: December 30, 1934 ; d: February 8, 1990) (Biography of Del Shannon)

1985:
William Lyons (d: February 8, 1985) (Biography of William Lyons)

1977:
Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b: October 8, 1901 ; d: February 8, 1977) (Biography of Eivind Groven)

1973:
Max Yasgur (d: February 8, 1973) (Biography of Max Yasgur)

1964:
Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b: October 8, 1888 ; d: February 8, 1964) (Biography of Ernst Kretschmer)

1960:
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect (b: November 9, 1880 ; d: February 8, 1960) (Biography of Giles Gilbert Scott)

1957:
Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: January 8, 1891 ; d: February 8, 1957) (Biography of Walther Bothe)
John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (b: December 28, 1903 ; d: February 8, 1957) (Biography of John von Neumann)

1956:
Connie Mack, baseball executive and manager (b: December 22, 1862 ; d: February 8, 1956) (Biography of Connie Mack (baseball))

1929:
Maria Christina (d: February 8, 1929) (Biography of Maria Christina)

1921:
Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b: December 9, 1842 ; d: February 8, 1921) (Biography of Peter Kropotkin)

1849:
France Pre?eren (d: February 8, 1849) (Biography of France Pre?eren)

1768:
George Dance the Elder (d: February 8, 1768) (Biography of George Dance the Elder)

1750:
Aaron Hill, English writer (b: February 10, 1685 ; d: February 8, 1750) (Biography of Aaron Hill)

1749:
Jan van Huysum (d: February 8, 1749) (Biography of Jan van Huysum)

1725:
Tsar Peter I of Russia (b: June 9, 1672 ; d: February 8, 1725) (Biography of Peter I of Russia)

1709:
Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b: April 22, 1658 ; d: February 8, 1709) (Biography of Giuseppe Torelli)

1696:
Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b: September 6, 1666 ; d: February 8, 1696) (Biography of Ivan V of Russia)

1623:
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b: May 5, 1546 ; d: February 8, 1623) (Biography of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter)

1599:
Robert Rollock (d: February 8, 1599) (Biography of Robert Rollock)

1587:
Mary Queen of Scots (b: December 8, 1542 ; d: February 8, 1587) (Biography of Mary I of Scotland)

1265:
Hulagu Khan (d: February 8, 1265) (Biography of Hulagu Khan)

1250:
William II Longespee (d: February 8, 1250) (Biography of William II Longespee)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-february/deaths.html