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== '''February 8''' in history: ==
 
== '''February 8''' in history: ==
  

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February 8 in history:

  • 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