A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on February 8 throughout history.
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Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle at age 44 after being convicted of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I in the Babington Plot
Sir Isaac Newton (4 January [O.S. 25 December] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and...
Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and the Russian Empire, first battle Napoleon isn't victorious
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council stating that she and her family will be known as the House of Windsor and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor"
NASDAQ Composite stock market index debuts with 50 companies and a starting value of 100
"The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
First opera performance in North American colonies, "Flora," opens in Charleston, South Carolina
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19, 1914 – June 26, 2002) was an American college football player and referee.
Director Martin Scorsese (42) weds producer Barbara De Fina (35)
MLB outfielder David Justice (34) weds model Rebecca Villalobos
Cypriot-American model Angie Bowie (30) divorces British singer David Bowie (33) after just under 10 years of marriage
American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (31) divorces producer Nick Cokas (50) after 8 years of marriage
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a...
Smoke Imix [Smoke Jaguar] becomes the 12th ruler of the Maya city of Copán - will rule for 67 years
Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, killing large numbers
Vatican convicts scholar and wayward friar Giordano Bruno of heresy and turn him over civil authorities upon his refusal to recant to mete out his punishment of death [1]
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, leads an unsuccessful revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
Gunpowder is used in a mining operation instead of mechanical tools in present-day Slovakia, reportedly the first time explosives had been used in mining
Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649: Russia adopts new code of laws, consolidating serfdom (OS 29 Jan) [1]
French and Native American troops attack and destroy Schenectady settlement in New York Province, either killing or capturing its inhabitants, revenge for the Lachine massacre
On 8 February 1693, the royal charter establishing the College of William & Mary was issued by King William III and Queen Mary II of England.
The Supreme Privy Council of Imperial Russia, founded on 19 February 1726 and operative until 1730, originated as a body of advisors to Empress Catherine I.
Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
The Battle of Toulon took place on 21 and 22 February 1744 NS near the French Mediterranean port of Toulon.
Minor earthquake in London
Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848) was a celebrated American clockmaker. Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston.
Franz I of Austria declares war on France
1st US Vice-President chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)
The Roman Republic (Italian: Repubblica Romana) was a short-lived state declared on 9 February 1849, when the government of the Papal States was temporarily replaced by a republican government due to...
The Devil's Footprints, hoof-like marks mysteriously appear for over 60km after a snowfall in southern Devon, England
The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly June 1865, during the American Civil War.
Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
Martin Robison Delany, 1st black major in US Army appointed during US Civil War
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (German: Ausgleich, Hungarian: kiegyezés) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which was a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign...
Sandford Fleming first proposes dividing the world into 24 equal time zones and adopting a Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute (adopted 1884)
Louis Waterman begins experiment to invent the fountain pen
Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota becomes the 1st US ski club
Flood ravages Dutch coast
US Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks
Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau was a French playwright of the Belle Époque era, remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914. Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parents and...
John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming machine in Massachusetts
Cyclone hits Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert, Netherlands
France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco
William Dickson Boyce (June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929) was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer.
US helps overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras
1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Florida
General Zamon becomes President of Haiti
French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
"Stars & Stripes,", weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published
The Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national military expeditions that began in 1918.
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States.
Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
1st US coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
1st transatlantic TV image received at Hartsdale, NY
KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
American speed skater Irving Jaffee wins the 10,000m at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; clinches distance double after also taking out the 5,000m
-23°F (-31°C), Seminole, Texas (state record)
Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, D.C.
1st ski jumping tournament at Red Wing, Minnesota
Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC
Radio presenter and National Socialist Max Blokzijl begins Nazi propaganda on Dutch national radio (executed for it in 1946)
Red Army recaptures Kursk on the eastern front
1st African American reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
Allied air attack on Goch, Kleef, Kalkar and Reichswald
Jeen van den Berg (8 January 1928 – 8 October 2014) was a Dutch long track speed skating athlete primarily known as the winner of the Elfstedentocht of 1954.
Canada beats Switzerland 3-0, to regain the Olympic ice hockey title at the St. Moritz Winter Games; forward Walter Halder top scores with 29 points in Canada’s 5th Olympic title
József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973.
The RCA Victor Show is a 1950s American television program broadcast on NBC that eventually became The Dennis Day Show. It began on November 23, 1951, and ended on August 2, 1954.
WLVA (580 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia. It airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Brent Epperson.
Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach, NJ, kills 84
English Pirate Radio UKGM closes down
Planet of the Apes is a science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a post-apocalyptic world in which humans and intelligent apes...
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year. It was first published in 1821, and published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It was published every other week until 1969.
Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches" premieres in NYC
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
Earthquake in San Francisco, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait
Denis Sassou-Nguesso becomes the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time
Los Angeles Dodgers trade 2B Davey Lopes to Oakland A's, breaking up MLB's longest-playing infield (Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey) after 8 1/2 seasons
For the 1st time eight people are in space
Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot
Summer Olympics LAPD bomb squad chief Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit are killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs
NASA launches DOD-2
American jockey Chris Antley begins record 64-day consecutive winning streak; ends 1 May and includes 147 winners from 486 mounts
"60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
Right Said Fred are an English pop band formed by brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass in 1989. They are best known for the hit 1991 song "I'm Too Sexy".
GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
Sátántangó, also known in English as Satan's Tango, is a 1994 internationally co-produced epic drama film directed by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.
6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
Finland beats Sweden, 6-0 at the Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan in the first female ice hockey game played in Olympic history
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (Arapaho: Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: Tit'-so-pi 2002; Navajo: Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni:...
Leaders of both Palestine and Israel declare a truce in what many hope will be a "new era of peace"
The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution.
-8 Freighter takes off for its maiden flight from Paine Field, Washington
,000 people march to demand justice for the atrocities of the Bangladesh Liberation War in Dhaka
The 2014 Medina hotel fire was a hotel fire that occurred in a hotel in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The fire killed at least 15 people and another 130 were injured.
17 people are killed after a truck & bus collide in Mendoza, Argentina
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS at 5:00 p.m. PST (UTC−8).
Begum Khaleda Zia was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its owner, American Media Inc, of blackmail over private messages detailing an extramarital affair
Gunman shoots and kills 29 people in a shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with 57 injured. Shooter shot and killed by security forces a day later.
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's...
Austrian alpine skier Matthias Mayer narrowly retains his Olympic Super-G title from American Ryan Cochran-Siegle at the Beijing Winter Games; Mayer's 3rd Olympic gold medal
Anti-Olympic protests in Milan, Italy, turn violent, causing investigators to suspect sabotage in three separate railway networks in Bologna [1]
William Tecumseh Sherman, American united states army general, known for united states army general, was born on 1820-02-08.
Jules Verne, French writer, known for french writer, was born on 1828-02-08. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
Billy Bishop, Canadian aviator and author, known for canadian aviator and author, was born on 1894-02-08.
Tunku Abdul Rahman is born
John Grisham writer and lawyer, known for american writer and lawyer, was born on 1955-02-08. John Ray Grisham Jr.
Lana Turner, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1921-02-08. Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress.
Jack Lemmon, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-02-08. John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor.
James Dean, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1931-02-08. James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor.
John Williams, American composer and conductor, known for american composer and conductor, was born on 1932-02-08. John Towner Williams is an American composer and conductor.
Big Show is born
Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1960-02-08.
Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian athlete, known for bulgarian footballer, was born on 1966-02-08. Hristo Stoichkov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and current football commentator for TUDN.
Bethany Hamilton, American athlete, known for american surfer, was born on 1990-02-08. Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer and writer.
Klay Thompson, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1990-02-08.
Mary, Queen of Scots queen of scotland from 1542 to 1567, known for queen of scotland from 1542 to 1567, died on 1587-02-08.
Peter the Great dies
Charles Wilkes, American explorer, known for american explorer, died on 1877-02-08. Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer.
Connie Mack, American baseball manager and owner, known for american baseball manager and owner, died on 1956-02-08.
Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and television personality, known for american actress and television personality, died on 2007-02-08.
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a...
Smoke Imix [Smoke Jaguar] becomes the 12th ruler of the Maya city of Copán - will rule for 67 years
Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, killing large numbers
Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle at age 44 after being convicted of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I in the Babington Plot
Mary, Queen of Scots queen of scotland from 1542 to 1567, known for queen of scotland from 1542 to 1567, died on 1587-02-08.
Vatican convicts scholar and wayward friar Giordano Bruno of heresy and turn him over civil authorities upon his refusal to recant to mete out his punishment of death [1]
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, leads an unsuccessful revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
Gunpowder is used in a mining operation instead of mechanical tools in present-day Slovakia, reportedly the first time explosives had been used in mining
Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649: Russia adopts new code of laws, consolidating serfdom (OS 29 Jan) [1]
Sir Isaac Newton (4 January [O.S. 25 December] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and...
French and Native American troops attack and destroy Schenectady settlement in New York Province, either killing or capturing its inhabitants, revenge for the Lachine massacre
On 8 February 1693, the royal charter establishing the College of William & Mary was issued by King William III and Queen Mary II of England.
Peter the Great dies
The Supreme Privy Council of Imperial Russia, founded on 19 February 1726 and operative until 1730, originated as a body of advisors to Empress Catherine I.
First opera performance in North American colonies, "Flora," opens in Charleston, South Carolina
Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
The Battle of Toulon took place on 21 and 22 February 1744 NS near the French Mediterranean port of Toulon.
Minor earthquake in London
Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848) was a celebrated American clockmaker. Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston.
Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and the Russian Empire, first battle Napoleon isn't victorious
Franz I of Austria declares war on France
William Tecumseh Sherman, American united states army general, known for united states army general, was born on 1820-02-08.
Jules Verne, French writer, known for french writer, was born on 1828-02-08. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
1st US Vice-President chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)
The Roman Republic (Italian: Repubblica Romana) was a short-lived state declared on 9 February 1849, when the government of the Papal States was temporarily replaced by a republican government due to...
The Devil's Footprints, hoof-like marks mysteriously appear for over 60km after a snowfall in southern Devon, England
The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly June 1865, during the American Civil War.
Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
Martin Robison Delany, 1st black major in US Army appointed during US Civil War
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (German: Ausgleich, Hungarian: kiegyezés) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which was a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign...
Charles Wilkes, American explorer, known for american explorer, died on 1877-02-08. Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer.
Sandford Fleming first proposes dividing the world into 24 equal time zones and adopting a Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute (adopted 1884)
Louis Waterman begins experiment to invent the fountain pen
Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota becomes the 1st US ski club
Flood ravages Dutch coast
US Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks
Billy Bishop, Canadian aviator and author, known for canadian aviator and author, was born on 1894-02-08.
Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau was a French playwright of the Belle Époque era, remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914. Feydeau was born in Paris to middle-class parents and...
John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming machine in Massachusetts
Tunku Abdul Rahman is born
Cyclone hits Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert, Netherlands
France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco
William Dickson Boyce (June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929) was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer.
US helps overthrow President Miguel Devila of Honduras
1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Florida
General Zamon becomes President of Haiti
"The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
"Stars & Stripes,", weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published
The Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national military expeditions that began in 1918.
Lana Turner, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1921-02-08. Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress.
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States.
Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
1st US coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
Jack Lemmon, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-02-08. John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor.
Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
1st transatlantic TV image received at Hartsdale, NY
KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
James Dean, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1931-02-08. James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor.
American speed skater Irving Jaffee wins the 10,000m at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; clinches distance double after also taking out the 5,000m
John Williams, American composer and conductor, known for american composer and conductor, was born on 1932-02-08. John Towner Williams is an American composer and conductor.
-23°F (-31°C), Seminole, Texas (state record)
Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, D.C.
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19, 1914 – June 26, 2002) was an American college football player and referee.
1st ski jumping tournament at Red Wing, Minnesota
Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show" premieres in NYC
Radio presenter and National Socialist Max Blokzijl begins Nazi propaganda on Dutch national radio (executed for it in 1946)
Red Army recaptures Kursk on the eastern front
1st African American reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
Allied air attack on Goch, Kleef, Kalkar and Reichswald
Jeen van den Berg (8 January 1928 – 8 October 2014) was a Dutch long track speed skating athlete primarily known as the winner of the Elfstedentocht of 1954.
Canada beats Switzerland 3-0, to regain the Olympic ice hockey title at the St. Moritz Winter Games; forward Walter Halder top scores with 29 points in Canada’s 5th Olympic title
József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973.
The RCA Victor Show is a 1950s American television program broadcast on NBC that eventually became The Dennis Day Show. It began on November 23, 1951, and ended on August 2, 1954.
WLVA (580 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia. It airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Brent Epperson.
John Grisham writer and lawyer, known for american writer and lawyer, was born on 1955-02-08. John Ray Grisham Jr.
Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
Connie Mack, American baseball manager and owner, known for american baseball manager and owner, died on 1956-02-08.
Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council stating that she and her family will be known as the House of Windsor and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor"
Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1960-02-08.
French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach, NJ, kills 84
Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian athlete, known for bulgarian footballer, was born on 1966-02-08. Hristo Stoichkov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and current football commentator for TUDN.
English Pirate Radio UKGM closes down
Planet of the Apes is a science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a post-apocalyptic world in which humans and intelligent apes...
The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year. It was first published in 1821, and published weekly from 1897 until 1963. It was published every other week until 1969.
NASDAQ Composite stock market index debuts with 50 companies and a starting value of 100
Big Show is born
Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches" premieres in NYC
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
Earthquake in San Francisco, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait
Denis Sassou-Nguesso becomes the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time
Cypriot-American model Angie Bowie (30) divorces British singer David Bowie (33) after just under 10 years of marriage
Los Angeles Dodgers trade 2B Davey Lopes to Oakland A's, breaking up MLB's longest-playing infield (Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey) after 8 1/2 seasons
For the 1st time eight people are in space
Director Martin Scorsese (42) weds producer Barbara De Fina (35)
Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot
Summer Olympics LAPD bomb squad chief Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit are killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs
NASA launches DOD-2
American jockey Chris Antley begins record 64-day consecutive winning streak; ends 1 May and includes 147 winners from 486 mounts
"60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
Bethany Hamilton, American athlete, known for american surfer, was born on 1990-02-08. Bethany Meilani Hamilton is an American professional surfer and writer.
Klay Thompson, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1990-02-08.
Right Said Fred are an English pop band formed by brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass in 1989. They are best known for the hit 1991 song "I'm Too Sexy".
GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
Sátántangó, also known in English as Satan's Tango, is a 1994 internationally co-produced epic drama film directed by Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.
6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
Finland beats Sweden, 6-0 at the Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan in the first female ice hockey game played in Olympic history
MLB outfielder David Justice (34) weds model Rebecca Villalobos
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (Arapaho: Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: Tit'-so-pi 2002; Navajo: Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni:...
Leaders of both Palestine and Israel declare a truce in what many hope will be a "new era of peace"
Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and television personality, known for american actress and television personality, died on 2007-02-08.
The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution.
-8 Freighter takes off for its maiden flight from Paine Field, Washington
,000 people march to demand justice for the atrocities of the Bangladesh Liberation War in Dhaka
The 2014 Medina hotel fire was a hotel fire that occurred in a hotel in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The fire killed at least 15 people and another 130 were injured.
17 people are killed after a truck & bus collide in Mendoza, Argentina
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS at 5:00 p.m. PST (UTC−8).
American singer-actress Katharine McPhee (31) divorces producer Nick Cokas (50) after 8 years of marriage
Begum Khaleda Zia was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its owner, American Media Inc, of blackmail over private messages detailing an extramarital affair
Gunman shoots and kills 29 people in a shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, with 57 injured. Shooter shot and killed by security forces a day later.
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution, began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's...
Austrian alpine skier Matthias Mayer narrowly retains his Olympic Super-G title from American Ryan Cochran-Siegle at the Beijing Winter Games; Mayer's 3rd Olympic gold medal
Anti-Olympic protests in Milan, Italy, turn violent, causing investigators to suspect sabotage in three separate railway networks in Bologna [1]