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  Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies on this day in history.  

1988  NASA launches DOD-2 on February - 08.  

1988  Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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.  

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1990  "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine on February - 08.  

1990  On this day in history del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50  

1991  Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47 on February - 08.  

1992  "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 on February - 08.  

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

1992  On February - 08 ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter  

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

1993  On this day in history 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  

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  On this day in history jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car  

1994  On February - 08 kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432  

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

1995  6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed) on February - 08.  

1995  In Ottawa Romeo LeBlanc sworn in as Canada's 25th Governor General on this day in history.  

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

1996  On this day in history 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.  

1997  On February - 08 jean-Luc Brassard wins gold medal in free-style skiing at the World Championships in Nagano  

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

1999  On this day in history a funeral service is held in Amman, Jordan, for King Hussein, who died the day before of cancer.  

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

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

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1191  On this day in history birth of yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)  

1291  On this day in history birth of afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)  

1487  On February - 08 birth of ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)  

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

1577  Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) was born on February - 08.  

1586  Jacob Praetorius, composer was born on February - 08.  

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

1649  On February - 08 birth of gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)  

1124  On this day in history 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 February - 08.  

1265  On this day in history death of hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)  

1296  On this day in history death of king Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)  

1303  Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies on this day in history.  

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

1529  Death of Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478) on this day in history.