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2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about

3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a February 8? Wrong! If the February 8 is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.

4. Questions - Got a question about February 8 then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....

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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your February 8 wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

7. Feedback - happy with your February 8 then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.

8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the February 8 site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about February 8, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your February 8, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

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Events

• 421 - Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1575 - Universiteit Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis".
• 1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.
• 1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed.
• 1622 - King James I of England disbands the British Parliament.
• 1692 - A doctor in Danvers, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony declares that three teenage girls are under domination of Satan, leading to the Salem witch trials.
• 1693 - The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by William III of England and Mary II of England.
• 1726 - The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
• 1807 - Battle of Eylau - Napoleon I of France defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
• 1817 - Juan Gregorio de las Heras Crossing of the Andes with an army to join José de San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
• 1837 - Richard Mentor Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
• 1849 - Roman Republic (19th century) established.
• 1855 - The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
• 1865 - In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
• 1867 - The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
• 1879 - Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 1887 - The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native Americans in the United States tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• 1900 - United Kingdom troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa, South Africa.
• 1904 - Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Lushun, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
• 1915 - D.W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles, California.
• 1918 - The Stars and Stripes (newspaper) newspaper publishes for the first time.
• 1922 - President of the United States Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
• 1924 - Capital punishment: The first state execution using gas chamber in the United States takes place in Nevada.
• 1936 - Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a National Football League draft, by the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Army encircles the troops of Paulus. The Germans surrender.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - United States forces defeat Japanese people troops.
• 1949 - Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason.
• 1955 - The Government of Sindh abolished Feudalism in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 1960 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
• 1962 - Paris massacre of 1961#8 February 1962 Charonne massacre. 9 trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• 1963 - Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• 1968 - American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the Orangeburg Massacre.
• 1969 - The last weekly issue of the Saturday Evening Post hits magazine stands.
• 1971 - The Nasdaq stock market index debuts.
• 1974 - After 84 days in outer space, the crew of the first United States space station Skylab return to Earth.
• 1974 - Military coup in Burkina Faso.
• 1978 - Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
• 1979 - Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo of the Republic of the Congo for the first time.
• 1986 - 1984 Summer Olympics head of the LAPD bomb squad, Arleigh McCree, and his partner Police officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world.
• 1989 - An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria Island mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144.
• 1993 - General Motors Corporation sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some General Motors Corporation pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• 1996 - The Congress of the United States passes the Communications Decency Act.
• 1996 - The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.
• 1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic Games history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.
• 2005 - Israel and Palestinians agree to cease-fire.
• 2006 - Palestinians attack Temporary International Presence in Hebron offices in Hebron; International observers end decade-long presence.

Births

• 412 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (d. 487)
• 1191 - Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)
• 1291 - King Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357)
• 1405 - Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1453)
• 1487 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
• 1552 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
• 1577 - Robert Burton (scholar), English cleric and writer (d. 1640)
• 1586 - Jacob Praetorius, German composer (d. 1651)
• 1649 - Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
• 1677 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
• 1685 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
• 1700 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (d. 1782)
• 1720 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
• 1804 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (d. 1834)
• 1807 - Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889)
• 1819 - John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
• 1820 - William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union general (d. 1891)
• 1822 - Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)
• 1828 - Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
• 1834 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (d. 1907)
• 1847 - Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)
• 1851 - Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
• 1878 - Martin Buber, German philosopher (d. 1965)
• 1880 - Franz Marc, German painter (d. 1916)
• 1883 - Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Austrian economist (d. 1950)
• 1886 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1888 - Dame Edith Evans, British actress (d. 1976)
• 1890 - Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist (d. 1960)
• 1893 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (d. 1977)
• 1894 - Ludwig Marcuse, German author and philosopher (d. 1971)
• 1894 - King Vidor, American film director (d. 1982)
• 1895 - Hermann Florstedt, Nazi leader (d. 1945)
• 1900 - Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
• 1902 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
• 1903 - Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977)
• 1906 - Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1968)
• 1911 - Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
• 1918 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1921 - Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1922 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1925 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001)
• 1926 - Neal Cassady, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1930 - Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (d. 1987)
• 1930 - James Deetz, American anthropologist (d. 2000)
• 1931 - James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
• 1932 - John Williams (composer), American composer and conductor
• 1932 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (d. 2005)
• 1933 - Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1933 - Jack Larson, American actor
• 1937 - Manfred Krug, German actor
• 1939 - José Maria Sison, Filipino communist
• 1940 - Ted Koppel, American journalist
• 1941 - Nick Nolte, American actor
• 1941 - Tom Rush, American singer and songwriter
• 1942 - Robert Klein, American comedian
• 1942 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (d. 2004)
• 1943 - Creed Bratton, American actor and musician
• 1943 - Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and VC of Karachi University
• 1944 - Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor
• 1944 - Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer
• 1948 - Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
• 1948 - Dan Seals, American singer
• 1948 - Ron Tyson, American singer (The Temptations)
• 1949 - Brooke Adams (actress), American actress
• 1950 - Cristina Ferrare, American former supermodel and actress
• 1951 - Z'EV, American text/sound artist (born Stefan Weisser)
• 1953 - Mary Steenburgen, American actress
• 1953 - Roger Clavet, Quebecois politician
• 1955 - John Grisham, American writer
• 1960 - Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Bruce Timm,TV Producer (DC Animated Universe)
• 1961 - Vince Neil, American musician
• 1963 - Joshua Kadison, American pianist and singer-songwriter
• 1963 - Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian Cricket player and captain
• 1964 - Trinny Woodall, British fashion guru
• 1966 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1966 - Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Gary Coleman, American actor
• 1968 - Claudette Pace, Maltese singer
• 1969 - Shiva Rose, American actress
• 1970 - Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player
• 1971 - Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
• 1972 - Paul Wight, American professional wrestler
• 1973 - Keith McDonald, American baseball player
• 1974 - Seth Green, American actor
• 1974 - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French disc jockey (Daft Punk)
• 1974 - Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
• 1977 - Bridgette Kerkove, American actress
• 1977 - Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park)
• 1977 - Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
• 1977 - Mathieu Turcotte, Canadian short-track speed skater
• 1977 - Barry Hall, Australian rules footballer
• 1979 - Aaron Cook, American baseball player
• 1980 - Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet (band))
• 1980 - Stephen Wright, English footballer
• 1982 - Eric Alexander (football player), American football player
• 1982 - Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor
• 1983 - Jim Verraros, American singer
• 1987 - Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater
• 1988 - Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1989 - Danielle Harmer, English actress
• 1995 - Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress

Deaths

• 1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor (b. circa 1182)
• 1250 - Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)
• 1250 - William II Longespee
• 1265 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
• 1296 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
• 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
• 1587 - Mary I of Scotland (b. 1542)
• 1599 - Robert Rollock, Scottish educator
• 1623 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
• 1696 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
• 1749 - Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
• 1768 - George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
• 1772 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
• 1849 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
• 1849 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1781)
• 1856 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
• 1907 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
• 1910 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
• 1921 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842)
• 1921 - George Formby (Senior), English entertainer (b. 1876)
• 1929 - Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)
• 1932 - Mad Dog Coll, New York City gangster from County Donegal in Ireland (b. 1908)
• 1956 - Connie Mack (baseball), American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
• 1957 - Walther Bothe, German physicist and inventor, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1891)
• 1957 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1960 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1880)
• 1963 - George Dolenz, American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (b. 1908)
• 1964 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b. 1888)
• 1972 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 - Robert Robinson (scientist), British chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1886)
• 1977 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
• 1980 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
• 1982 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (b. 1904)
• 1984 - Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
• 1985 - William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1901)
• 1987 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1990 - Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)
• 1992 - Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1993 - N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
• 1994 - Raymond Scott, American composer (b. 1908)
• 1996 - Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1998 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1902)
• 1998 - Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 - Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
• 2000 - Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
• 2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
• 2001 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
• 2002 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
• 2002 - Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
• 2004 - Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Jimmy Smith (musician), American jazz musician (b. 1925)
• 2005 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
• 2006 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
• 2006 - Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 2007 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (b. 1967)
• 2007 - Ian Stevenson, professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918).

Holidays and observances

• Slovenia - Prešeren Day, the Slovenian cultural holiday.
• Parinirvana Day - an annual Buddhist festival.
• Boy Scouts of America - Scouts' Day; The Sunday preceding February 8 is designated as Scout Sunday and the following Saturday is designated as Scouts' Day.

Liturgical Feasts

• Saint Jerome Emiliani
• Juventius of Pavia
• Meingold of Huy
• Saint Jacoba (d. 1239)
• February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events

• 421 - Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 1575 - Universiteit Leiden founded, and given the motto "Praesidium Libertatis".
• 1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.
• 1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed.
• 1622 - King James I of England disbands the British Parliament.
• 1692 - A doctor in Danvers, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony declares that three teenage girls are under domination of Satan, leading to the Salem witch trials.
• 1693 - The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by William III of England and Mary II of England.
• 1726 - The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
• 1807 - Battle of Eylau - Napoleon I of France defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
• 1817 - Juan Gregorio de las Heras Crossing of the Andes with an army to join José de San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
• 1837 - Richard Mentor Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
• 1849 - Roman Republic (19th century) established.
• 1855 - The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
• 1865 - In the U.S., Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
• 1867 - The Ausgleich results in the establishment of the Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
• 1879 - Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 1887 - The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native Americans in the United States tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
• 1900 - United Kingdom troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa, South Africa.
• 1904 - Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Lushun, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
• 1915 - D.W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles, California.
• 1918 - The Stars and Stripes (newspaper) newspaper publishes for the first time.
• 1922 - President of the United States Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
• 1924 - Capital punishment: The first state execution using gas chamber in the United States takes place in Nevada.
• 1936 - Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a National Football League draft, by the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Army encircles the troops of Paulus. The Germans surrender.
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - United States forces defeat Japanese people troops.
• 1949 - Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason.
• 1955 - The Government of Sindh abolished Feudalism in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 1960 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
• 1962 - Paris massacre of 1961#8 February 1962 Charonne massacre. 9 trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
• 1963 - Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
• 1968 - American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the Orangeburg Massacre.
• 1969 - The last weekly issue of the Saturday Evening Post hits magazine stands.
• 1971 - The Nasdaq stock market index debuts.
• 1974 - After 84 days in outer space, the crew of the first United States space station Skylab return to Earth.
• 1974 - Military coup in Burkina Faso.
• 1978 - Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
• 1979 - Denis Sassou-Nguesso became the Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo of the Republic of the Congo for the first time.
• 1986 - 1984 Summer Olympics head of the LAPD bomb squad, Arleigh McCree, and his partner Police officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit were killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs when they responded to a call. McCree was recognized as one of the top explosive experts in the world.
• 1989 - An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria Island mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal, killing 144.
• 1993 - General Motors Corporation sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some General Motors Corporation pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• 1996 - The Congress of the United States passes the Communications Decency Act.
• 1996 - The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.
• 1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic Games history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.
• 2005 - Israel and Palestinians agree to cease-fire.
• 2006 - Palestinians attack Temporary International Presence in Hebron offices in Hebron; International observers end decade-long presence.

Births

• 412 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (d. 487)
• 1191 - Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)
• 1291 - King Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357)
• 1405 - Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last reigning Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (d. 1453)
• 1487 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)
• 1552 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
• 1577 - Robert Burton (scholar), English cleric and writer (d. 1640)
• 1586 - Jacob Praetorius, German composer (d. 1651)
• 1649 - Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
• 1677 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
• 1685 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
• 1700 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (d. 1782)
• 1720 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
• 1804 - Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (d. 1834)
• 1807 - Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889)
• 1819 - John Ruskin, English author (d. 1900)
• 1820 - William Tecumseh Sherman, American Union general (d. 1891)
• 1822 - Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)
• 1828 - Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
• 1834 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (d. 1907)
• 1847 - Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)
• 1851 - Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
• 1878 - Martin Buber, German philosopher (d. 1965)
• 1880 - Franz Marc, German painter (d. 1916)
• 1883 - Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Austrian economist (d. 1950)
• 1886 - Charles Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1888 - Dame Edith Evans, British actress (d. 1976)
• 1890 - Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist (d. 1960)
• 1893 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (d. 1977)
• 1894 - Ludwig Marcuse, German author and philosopher (d. 1971)
• 1894 - King Vidor, American film director (d. 1982)
• 1895 - Hermann Florstedt, Nazi leader (d. 1945)
• 1900 - Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
• 1902 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
• 1903 - Greta Keller, Austrian-born cabaret singer and actress (d. 1977)
• 1906 - Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1968)
• 1911 - Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
• 1918 - Fred Blassie, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1921 - Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1922 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1925 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001)
• 1926 - Neal Cassady, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1930 - Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (d. 1987)
• 1930 - James Deetz, American anthropologist (d. 2000)
• 1931 - James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
• 1932 - John Williams (composer), American composer and conductor
• 1932 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (d. 2005)
• 1933 - Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1933 - Jack Larson, American actor
• 1937 - Manfred Krug, German actor
• 1939 - José Maria Sison, Filipino communist
• 1940 - Ted Koppel, American journalist
• 1941 - Nick Nolte, American actor
• 1941 - Tom Rush, American singer and songwriter
• 1942 - Robert Klein, American comedian
• 1942 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (d. 2004)
• 1943 - Creed Bratton, American actor and musician
• 1943 - Pirzada Qasim, Pakistani poet and VC of Karachi University
• 1944 - Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor
• 1944 - Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian documentary photographer
• 1948 - Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
• 1948 - Dan Seals, American singer
• 1948 - Ron Tyson, American singer (The Temptations)
• 1949 - Brooke Adams (actress), American actress
• 1950 - Cristina Ferrare, American former supermodel and actress
• 1951 - Z'EV, American text/sound artist (born Stefan Weisser)
• 1953 - Mary Steenburgen, American actress
• 1953 - Roger Clavet, Quebecois politician
• 1955 - John Grisham, American writer
• 1960 - Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Bruce Timm,TV Producer (DC Animated Universe)
• 1961 - Vince Neil, American musician
• 1963 - Joshua Kadison, American pianist and singer-songwriter
• 1963 - Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian Cricket player and captain
• 1964 - Trinny Woodall, British fashion guru
• 1966 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1966 - Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Gary Coleman, American actor
• 1968 - Claudette Pace, Maltese singer
• 1969 - Shiva Rose, American actress
• 1970 - Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player
• 1971 - Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
• 1972 - Paul Wight, American professional wrestler
• 1973 - Keith McDonald, American baseball player
• 1974 - Seth Green, American actor
• 1974 - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French disc jockey (Daft Punk)
• 1974 - Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
• 1977 - Bridgette Kerkove, American actress
• 1977 - Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park)
• 1977 - Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
• 1977 - Mathieu Turcotte, Canadian short-track speed skater
• 1977 - Barry Hall, Australian rules footballer
• 1979 - Aaron Cook, American baseball player
• 1980 - Cameron Muncey, Australian guitarist (Jet (band))
• 1980 - Stephen Wright, English footballer
• 1982 - Eric Alexander (football player), American football player
• 1982 - Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor
• 1983 - Jim Verraros, American singer
• 1987 - Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater
• 1988 - Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1989 - Danielle Harmer, English actress
• 1995 - Jordan Todosey, Canadian actress

Deaths

• 1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, deposed Eastern Roman Emperor (b. circa 1182)
• 1250 - Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)
• 1250 - William II Longespee
• 1265 - Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
• 1296 - King Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
• 1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
• 1587 - Mary I of Scotland (b. 1542)
• 1599 - Robert Rollock, Scottish educator
• 1623 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
• 1696 - Tsar Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (b. 1672)
• 1749 - Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
• 1768 - George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
• 1772 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (b. 1719)
• 1849 - France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (b. 1800)
• 1849 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1781)
• 1856 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
• 1907 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
• 1910 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
• 1921 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b. 1842)
• 1921 - George Formby (Senior), English entertainer (b. 1876)
• 1929 - Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)
• 1932 - Mad Dog Coll, New York City gangster from County Donegal in Ireland (b. 1908)
• 1956 - Connie Mack (baseball), American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
• 1957 - Walther Bothe, German physicist and inventor, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1891)
• 1957 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1960 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1880)
• 1963 - George Dolenz, American actor, father of Micky Dolenz (b. 1908)
• 1964 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (b. 1888)
• 1972 - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
• 1975 - Robert Robinson (scientist), British chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1886)
• 1977 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
• 1980 - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
• 1982 - John Hay Whitney, American financier (b. 1904)
• 1984 - Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
• 1985 - William Lyons, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1901)
• 1987 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1990 - Del Shannon, American entertainer (suicide) (b. 1934)
• 1992 - Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1993 - N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
• 1994 - Raymond Scott, American composer (b. 1908)
• 1996 - Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1998 - Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1902)
• 1998 - Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 - Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
• 2000 - Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
• 2000 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
• 2001 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
• 2002 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
• 2002 - Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
• 2004 - Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)
• 2005 - Jimmy Smith (musician), American jazz musician (b. 1925)
• 2005 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (b. 1948)
• 2006 - Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)
• 2006 - Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 2007 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and entertainer (b. 1967)
• 2007 - Ian Stevenson, professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918).

Holidays and observances

• Slovenia - Prešeren Day, the Slovenian cultural holiday.
• Parinirvana Day - an annual Buddhist festival.
• Boy Scouts of America - Scouts' Day; The Sunday preceding February 8 is designated as Scout Sunday and the following Saturday is designated as Scouts' Day.

Liturgical Feasts

• Saint Jerome Emiliani
• Juventius of Pavia
• Meingold of Huy
• Saint Jacoba (d. 1239)
• February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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