Historical Events In February - 08

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

1986  On February - 08 a head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train near Hinton, Alberta claims 23 lives.   

1986  US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano on February - 08.   

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  On February - 08 bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies   

1988  NASA launches DOD-2 on February - 08.   

1988  On February - 08 allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67   

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

1989  5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles on February - 08.   

1989  On February - 08 maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81   

1990  On February - 08 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine   

1990  Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50 on February - 08.   

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

1992  On this day in history "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1   

1992  On February - 08 16th Winter Olympics games open in Albertville, France   

1992  On this day in history ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter   

1992  On February - 08 baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93   

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 February - 08.   

1993  On this day in history suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die   

1993  On February - 08 casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies   

1994  Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car on this day in history.   

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

1994  On February - 08 mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm   

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

1994  Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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  On February - 08 b G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70   

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 this day in history jean-Luc Brassard wins gold medal in free-style skiing at the World Championships in Nagano   

1998  The first female ice hockey game in Olympics history Finland beats Sweden 6-0 on February - 08.   

1999  On February - 08 a funeral service is held in Amman, Jordan, for King Hussein, who died the day before of cancer.   

2005  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1191  On February - 08 birth of yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)   

1291  On February - 08 birth of afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)   

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  On February - 08 birth of robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)   

1586  On February - 08 birth of jacob Praetorius, composer   

1612  On February - 08 birth of samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)   

1649  On February - 08 birth of gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)   

1124  Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1250  Death of Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216) on February - 08.   

1265  Death of Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217) on February - 08.   

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

1303  On February - 08 nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies   

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)