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| Birthday February 08, 1612 Samuel Butler, English poet & satirist (Hudibras) |
| Birthday February 08, 1819 John Ruskin, writer & critic & artist & Gothic Revivalist |
| Birthday February 08, 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general ("War is hell") |
| Birthday February 08, 1828 Jules Verne, in France--pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon) |
| Birthday February 08, 1885 Dame Edith Evans |
| Birthday February 08, 1906 Chester F Carlson, invented xerography (xeroxing) |
| Birthday February 08, 1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, in Seattle Washington & the stripper |
| Birthday February 08, 1920 Lana Turner, Actress in Wallace Idaho |
| Birthday February 08, 1925 Jack Lemmon, Actor (Days of Wine & Roses & Missing) |
| Birthday February 08, 1931 James Dean, stage & film Actor (Giant & Rebel Without a Cause) |
| Birthday February 08, 1940 Ted Koppel, newscaster (ABC) |
| Birthday February 08, 1949 Brook Adams, Actress |
| Birthday February 08, 1955 John Grisham, author of legal thrillers, is born |
| Birthday February 08, 1968 Gary Coleman, Actor |
| History February 08, 1587 Mary - Queen of Scots beheaded |
| History February 08, 1587 Mary Queen of Scots beheaded |
| History February 08, 1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London |
| History February 08, 1693 Charter granted for College of William & Mary - 2nd college in US |
| History February 08, 1725 Peter the Great dies |
| History February 08, 1777 Former POW Timothy Bigelow is named colonel |
| History February 08, 1861 Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery - Ala |
| History February 08, 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island |
| History February 08, 1883 Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen |
| History February 08, 1887 Cleveland signs devastating Dawes Act into law |
| History February 08, 1887 Cleveland signs the Dawes Severalty Act |
| History February 08, 1904 The Russo-Japanese War begins |
| History February 08, 1910 Boy Scouts of America founded |
| History February 08, 1911 US helps to overthrow Miguel D vila - president of Honduras |
| History February 08, 1915 Birth of a Nation opens |
| History February 08, 1918 U.S. Army resumes publication of Stars and Stripes |
| History February 08, 1922 Radio arrives in the White House |
| History February 08, 1924 First execution by lethal gas |
| History February 08, 1926 Walt Disney Studios formed |
| History February 08, 1943 Britain's Indian Brigade begins guerrilla operations in Burma |
| History February 08, 1949 Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced |
| History February 08, 1957 SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall |
| History February 08, 1962 MACV established |
| History February 08, 1969 Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered in Chihuahua - Mexico |
| History February 08, 1971 Operation Lam Son 719 begins |
| History February 08, 1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land |
| History February 08, 1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders |
| History February 08, 1977 Earthquake in SF - at 5.0 - strongest since 1966 |
| History February 08, 1978 New England digs out after blizzard |
| History February 08, 1983 Irish race horse stolen |
| History February 08, 1984 Soyuz T-10 is launched |
| History February 08, 1985 Jaguar founder dies |
| History February 08, 1986 Spud Webb wins dunk contest |
| History February 08, 1990 Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound |
| History February 08, 1994 Jack Nicholson smashes windshield in episode of road rage |