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== Birthdays on February 8th == | == Birthdays on February 8th == | ||
| − | * Seth Green Actor 1974 | + | * [[Directory:Seth Green]] Actor 1974 |
| − | * Alex Chiu Businessman 1971 | + | * [[Directory:Alex Chiu]] Businessman 1971 |
| − | * Alonzo Mourning Athlete 1970 | + | * [[Directory:Alonzo Mourning]] Athlete 1970 |
| − | * Gary Coleman Actor 1968 | + | * [[Directory:Gary Coleman]] Actor 1968 |
| − | * Vince Neil Musician 1961 | + | * [[Directory:Vince Neil]] Musician 1961 |
| − | * John Grisham Writer 1955 | + | * [[Directory:John Grisham]] Writer 1955 |
| − | * Michael Bergdahl Author 1954 | + | * [[Directory:Michael Bergdahl]] Author 1954 |
| − | * Mary Steenburgen Actress 1953 | + | * [[Directory:Mary Steenburgen]] Actress 1953 |
| − | * Julia Barr Actress 1949 | + | * [[Directory:Julia Barr]] Actress 1949 |
| − | * Robert Klein Comedian 1942 | + | * [[Directory:Robert Klein]] Comedian 1942 |
| − | * Terry Melcher Musician 1942 | + | * [[Directory:Terry Melcher]] Musician 1942 |
| − | * Nick Nolte Actor 1941 | + | * [[Directory:Nick Nolte]] Actor 1941 |
| − | * Ted Koppel Journalist 1940 | + | * [[Directory:Ted Koppel]] Journalist 1940 |
| − | * John Williams Composer 1932 | + | * [[Directory:John Williams]] Composer 1932 |
| − | * James Dean Actor 1931 | + | * [[Directory:James Dean]] Actor 1931 |
| − | * Neal Cassady Writer 1926 | + | * [[Directory:Neal Cassady]] Writer 1926 |
| − | * Audrey Meadows Actress 1926 | + | * [[Directory:Audrey Meadows]] Actress 1926 |
| − | * Jack Lemmon Actor 1925 | + | * [[Directory:Jack Lemmon]] Actor 1925 |
| − | * | + | * [[Directory:Lana Turner]] Actress 1920 |
| − | + | * [[Directory:Elizabeth Bishop]] Poet 1911 | |
| − | * Elizabeth Bishop Poet 1911 | + | * [[Directory:Jim Fraser]] Politician 1908 |
| − | * Jim Fraser Politician 1908 | + | * [[Directory:Edith Evans]] Actress 1885 |
| − | * Edith Evans Actress 1885 | + | * [[Directory:Joseph A. Schumpeter]] Economist 1883 |
| − | * Joseph A. Schumpeter Economist 1883 | + | * [[Directory:Franz Marc]] Artist 1880 |
| − | * Franz Marc Artist 1880 | + | * [[Directory:Martin Buber]] Philosopher 1878 |
| − | * Martin Buber Philosopher 1878 | + | * [[Directory:Kate Chopin]] Author 1850 |
| − | * Kate Chopin Author 1850 | + | * [[Directory:Dmitri Mendeleev]] Scientist 1834 |
| − | * Dmitri Mendeleev Scientist 1834 | + | * [[Directory:Jules Verne]] Author 1828 |
| − | * Jules Verne Author 1828 | + | * [[Directory:John A. Logan]] Soldier 1826 |
| − | * John A. Logan Soldier 1826 | + | * [[Directory:Henry Walter Bates]] Environmentalist 1825 |
| − | * Henry Walter Bates Environmentalist 1825 | + | * [[Directory:William Tecumseh Sherman]] Soldier 1820 |
| − | * William Tecumseh Sherman Soldier 1820 | + | * [[Directory:John Ruskin]] Writer 1819 |
| − | * John Ruskin Writer 1819 | + | * [[Directory:Eliphas Levi]] Author 1810 |
| − | * Eliphas Levi Author 1810 | + | * [[Directory:Robert Burton]] Writer 1577 |
| − | * Robert Burton Writer 1577 | ||
[[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]] | [[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]] | ||
Revision as of 20:18, 8 February 2012
February 8 in history:
- 1837, the Senate selected the vice president of the United States, choosing Richard Mentor Johnson after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes
- 1904, the Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began as Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur
- 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated
- 1915, D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and controversial silent movie epic about the Civil War, "The Birth of a Nation," premiered in Los Angeles
- 1924, the first execution by gas in the United States took place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City as Gee Jon, a Chinese immigrant convicted of murder, was put to death
- 1974, the last three-man crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth after spending 84 days in space
- 1978, the deliberations of the Senate were broadcast on radio for the first time as members opened debate on the Panama Canal treaties
- 2002, the Taliban's foreign minister (Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil) turned himself in to authorities in Afghanistan
- 2003, Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched in support of 9,000 oil workers fired for leading a two-month strike against President Hugo Chavez
Birthdays on February 8th
- Directory:Seth Green Actor 1974
- Directory:Alex Chiu Businessman 1971
- Directory:Alonzo Mourning Athlete 1970
- Directory:Gary Coleman Actor 1968
- Directory:Vince Neil Musician 1961
- Directory:John Grisham Writer 1955
- Directory:Michael Bergdahl Author 1954
- Directory:Mary Steenburgen Actress 1953
- Directory:Julia Barr Actress 1949
- Directory:Robert Klein Comedian 1942
- Directory:Terry Melcher Musician 1942
- Directory:Nick Nolte Actor 1941
- Directory:Ted Koppel Journalist 1940
- Directory:John Williams Composer 1932
- Directory:James Dean Actor 1931
- Directory:Neal Cassady Writer 1926
- Directory:Audrey Meadows Actress 1926
- Directory:Jack Lemmon Actor 1925
- Directory:Lana Turner Actress 1920
- Directory:Elizabeth Bishop Poet 1911
- Directory:Jim Fraser Politician 1908
- Directory:Edith Evans Actress 1885
- Directory:Joseph A. Schumpeter Economist 1883
- Directory:Franz Marc Artist 1880
- Directory:Martin Buber Philosopher 1878
- Directory:Kate Chopin Author 1850
- Directory:Dmitri Mendeleev Scientist 1834
- Directory:Jules Verne Author 1828
- Directory:John A. Logan Soldier 1826
- Directory:Henry Walter Bates Environmentalist 1825
- Directory:William Tecumseh Sherman Soldier 1820
- Directory:John Ruskin Writer 1819
- Directory:Eliphas Levi Author 1810
- Directory:Robert Burton Writer 1577
