Historical Events In February - 08

1985  Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1986  A head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train near Hinton, Alberta claims 23 lives on February - 08.   

1986  US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano on this day in history.   

1987  The West beat the East in the NBA All-Star Game. A record was set for total points scored. The West won 154-149 in overtime on February - 08.   

1987  On this day in history bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies   

1988  On February - 08 nASA launches DOD-2   

1988  Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 on February - 08.   

1989  144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores on February - 08.   

1989  5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1989  Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1990  "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine on this day in history.   

1990  Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50 on February - 08.   

1991  Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1992  "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 on this day in history.   

1992  16th Winter Olympics games open in Albertville, France on February - 08.   

1992  Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter on February - 08.   

1992  Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1993  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 on this day in history.   

1993  Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies   

1994  Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car on February - 08.   

1994  Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432 on February - 08.   

1994  On February - 08 mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm   

1994  On February - 08 ottawa slashes tobacco taxes to reduce rampant cigarette smuggling; and they say crime doesn't pay?   

1994  On this day in history jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70   

1995  On this day in history 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)   

1995  On February - 08 in Ottawa Romeo LeBlanc sworn in as Canada's 25th Governor General   

1995  B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70 on February - 08.   

1996  US bookstore chain Borders says it will invest in a chain of bookstores in Canada; Ottawa will block the plan under the cultural exemption of NAFTA on February - 08.   

1997  Jean-Luc Brassard wins gold medal in free-style skiing at the World Championships in Nagano on this day in history.   

1998  The first female ice hockey game in Olympics history Finland beats Sweden 6-0 on February - 08.   

1999  A funeral service is held in Amman, Jordan, for King Hussein, who died the day before of cancer on February - 08.   

2005  On this day in history danish parliamentary elections continued the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party.   

2006  2006 East Timor crisis: 404 soldiers desert their barracks in East Timor on February - 08.   

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1191  On February - 08 birth of yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)   

1291  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) was born on February - 08.   

1487  Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) was born on February - 08.   

1552  Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)   

1586  On February - 08 birth of jacob Praetorius, composer   

1612  On this day in history birth of samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)   

1649  On this day in history birth of gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)   

1124  On February - 08 stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies   

1245  Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1250  Death of Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216) on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217) on February - 08.   

1296  Death of King PrzemysÅ‚ II of Poland (b. 1257) on this day in history.   

1303  Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies on February - 08.   

1513  On this day in history alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies   

1529  On this day in history death of baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)