February 8
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February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining after February 8 until the end of the year (327 in leap years).
[change] Births
- 1291 – Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357)
- 1612 – Samuel Butler, English poet (d. 1680)
- 1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)
- 1819 – John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
- 1820 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union General (d. 1891)
- 1828 – Jules Verne, French writer (d. 1905)
- 1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (d. 1907)
- 1878 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher (d. 1965)
- 1883 – Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (d. 1950)
- 1897 – Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India (d. 1969)
- 1902 – Demchugdondrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
- 1911 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
- 1921 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1924 – Khamtay Siphandone, former President of Laos
- 1925 – Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001)
- 1931 – James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
- 1932 – Horst Eckel, German footballer
- 1932 – John Williams, American composer and director
- 1944 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, British actor
- 1945 – Kinza Clodumar, former President of Nauru
- 1953 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress
- 1955 – John Grisham, American author
- 1960 – Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines
- 1960 – Alfred Gusenbauer, former Chancellor of Austria
- 1966 – Bruno Labbadia, German footballer
- 1966 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1967 – Lorenzo Minotti, Italian footballer
- 1968 – Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1974 – Seth Green, American actor
- 1974 – Kimbo Slice, American mixed martial artist
- 1974 – Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorean footballer
- 1977 – Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Icelandic handball player
- 1987 – Carolina Kostner, Italian ice skater
[change] Deaths
- 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
- 1696 – Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
- 1725 – Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
- 1849 – France Preseren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
- 1936 – Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
- 1957 – Walther Bothe, German physicist (b. 1891)
- 1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
- 1975 – Robert Robinson, British chemist (b. 1886)
- 1990 – Del Shannon, American entertainer (b. 1934)
- 1998 – Halldor Laxness, Icelandic writer (b. 1902)
- 1998 – Enoch Powell, British politician (b. 1912)
- 1999 – Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
- 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong Sing, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
- 2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and model (b. 1967)
- 2010 – John Murtha, American politician (b. 1932)
[change] Events
- 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.
- 1725 – Tsar Peter I of Russia dies.
- 1952 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Queen after the death of her father, King George VI of the United Kingdom, two days earlier.
- 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index opens.
- 1993 – A plane crash in Tehran kills 115 people.
