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Historical Events In February - 08

Saturday, 30 September 2023

1985  On February - 08 marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On February - 08 a head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train near Hinton, Alberta claims 23 lives.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On this day in history bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On February - 08 nASA launches DOD-2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On February - 08 "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On February - 08 16th Winter Olympics games open in Albertville, France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93 on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432 on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1994  On this day in history jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  On this day in history 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  In Ottawa Romeo LeBlanc sworn in as Canada's 25th Governor General on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70 on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1997  Jean-Luc Brassard wins gold medal in free-style skiing at the World Championships in Nagano on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1998  On February - 08 the first female ice hockey game in Olympics history Finland beats Sweden 6-0  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1999  On February - 08 a funeral service is held in Amman, Jordan, for King Hussein, who died the day before of cancer.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2005  Danish parliamentary elections continued the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2006  2006 East Timor crisis: 404 soldiers desert their barracks in East Timor on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In February - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1191  Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1291  On this day in history birth of afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1487  Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1552  On February - 08 birth of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  On this day in history birth of robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  Jacob Praetorius, composer was born on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1612  Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) was born on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1649  Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728) was born on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In February - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1124  Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1245  Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1250  Death of Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1265  On February - 08 death of hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1296  Death of King PrzemysÅ‚ II of Poland (b. 1257) on February - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1303  Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1513  On this day in history alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1529  On February - 08 death of baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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