Historical Events In February - 08

1985  On February - 08 marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71   

1986  A head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train near Hinton, Alberta claims 23 lives on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 08 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano   

1987  The West beat the East in the NBA All-Star Game. A record was set for total points scored. The West won 154-149 in overtime on this day in history.   

1987  Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies on February - 08.   

1988  NASA launches DOD-2 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67   

1989  144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores on February - 08.   

1989  5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81   

1990  "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine on this day in history.   

1990  On February - 08 del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50   

1991  On this day in history miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47   

1992  "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 on February - 08.   

1992  16th Winter Olympics games open in Albertville, France on this day in history.   

1992  Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter on February - 08.   

1992  Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93 on February - 08.   

1993  GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires on this day in history.   

1993  Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die on February - 08.   

1993  Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies on this day in history.   

1994  Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car on February - 08.   

1994  On February - 08 kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432   

1994  On this day in history mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm   

1994  Ottawa slashes tobacco taxes to reduce rampant cigarette smuggling; and they say crime doesn't pay? on February - 08.   

1994  Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70 on February - 08.   

1995  6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed) on this day in history.   

1995  In Ottawa Romeo LeBlanc sworn in as Canada's 25th Governor General on this day in history.   

1995  B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70 on February - 08.   

1996  On February - 08 uS bookstore chain Borders says it will invest in a chain of bookstores in Canada; Ottawa will block the plan under the cultural exemption of NAFTA.   

1997  On February - 08 jean-Luc Brassard wins gold medal in free-style skiing at the World Championships in Nagano   

1998  On this day in history the first female ice hockey game in Olympics history Finland beats Sweden 6-0   

1999  On this day in history a funeral service is held in Amman, Jordan, for King Hussein, who died the day before of cancer.   

2005  On February - 08 danish parliamentary elections continued the center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and his Liberal Party.   

2006  2006 East Timor crisis: 404 soldiers desert their barracks in East Timor on February - 08.   

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1191  Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246) was born on this day in history.   

1291  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) was born on February - 08.   

1487  Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) was born on February - 08.   

1552  On this day in history birth of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)   

1577  Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) was born on February - 08.   

1586  On this day in history birth of jacob Praetorius, composer   

1612  Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

1649  Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728) was born on February - 08.   

1124  On this day in history stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies   

1245  Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1250  On February - 08 death of robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)   

1265  On February - 08 death of hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)   

1296  Death of King PrzemysÅ‚ II of Poland (b. 1257) on this day in history.   

1303  Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies on February - 08.   

1513  Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies on February - 08.   

1529  On this day in history death of baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)