Birthdates Which Occur on February 8:
412 St Proclus patriarch of Constantinople
1291 Afonso IV King of Portugal (1325-57)
1577 Robert Burton writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
1586 Jacob Praetorius composer
1612 Samuel Butler England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva composer
1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran French general in America
1741 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry composer
1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler Austrian composer
1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer composer
1795 Friedlieb F Runge German chemist (Chinoline)
and Moritz G [Moses] Saphir Hungarian journalist/serial writer
1807 Franciscus J van Vree Dutch Catholic foreman
1810 Norbert Burgmuller composer
1811 Edwin Denison Morgan Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883
1813 Jacob G Agarah Swedish algologist
1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1818 Austin Blair Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894
1819 John Ruskin writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
1820 William Tecumseh Sherman Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
1822 Maxime Du Camp France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
1824 Barnard Elliot Bee Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
1828 Antonio Cagnoni composer
and Antonio C novas del Castillo premier of Spain
and Jules Verne France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)
1859 John H Been town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
1878 Martin Buber German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du)
1880 Franz Marc German painter (Blaue Reiter)
1882 George Siegmann actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist)
1883 Joseph A Schumpeter Austria/US economist/minister of finance
1885 Edith Evans England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield)
1886 Charlie Ruggles LA Calif, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show)
1888 Matth˜s Vermeulen Dutch composer/music critic
1890 Claro Mayo Recto Filipino nationalist/opponent of US colonialism
1891 Edgar Palm Cura‡ao, pianist/composer
1892 Fritz Todt German Reichs minister (Organization Todt)
1894 Ludwig Marcuse German philosopher
1895 King Vidor director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)
1896 Orville Caldwell Ca, actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning)
19-- Alice Kramden fictional character on Honeymooners
and Louis Giambalvo Bkln NY, actor (Robert-Oh Madeline)
and Tara Aire XXX actress (Babysitter, Lingerie, Lust Weekend)
1900 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer
1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska Poland, women's world champion archer
1902 Lyle Talbot [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor (Glen or Glenda)
1903 Abdulrahman minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
1904 Igor' Fyodorovich Belza composer
1905 Truman Bradley MO, TV host (Science Fiction Theater)
1906 Chester F Carlson inventor (photocopy)
and Henry Roth Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep)
1908 Grigor Eghiazaryan composer
and Myron McCormick Albany, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again)
1911 Anne Aitken [nee Hopkins], Chicago, co-found (Diamond Sangha)
and Elizabeth Bishop US poet (North & South)/Pulitzer Prize (1956)
and Henri Knap Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer
1912 Simon Jurovsky composer
1913 Betty Field Boston MA, actress (Kings Row, Bus Stop)
1914 Bert Haas baseball player
and Jules van Ackere Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music)
1918 Betty Field US, actress (Of Mice & Men, Bus Stop, Butterfield 8)
and John Intoxication resistance fighter
and Lord Maxd Rayne English broker/multi-millionaire
1919 Buddy Morrow orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
1920 Buddy Blattner baseball player
and Lana Turner Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
1921 Hoot Evers baseball player
1922 Joeri Averbach Russian chess grandmaster
1924 Audrey Meadows Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners)
and Joe Black baseball player
1925 Alvin Brehm composer
and Jack Lemmon Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing)
and Raimondo d'Inzeo It, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76)
1927 John T Myers (Rep-R-IN, 1967- )
and Stanley Baker Ferndale Wales, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu)
and Zdenek Zouhar composer
1930 Alejandro Rey Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)
and Arlan Stangeland (Rep-R-MN, 1977- )
and Catherine Hardy Carollton Ga, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
and Manuel Castillo composer
1931 James Dean Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
1932 Jan H Christiaanse president Dutch political party (CDA)
and John Towner Williams Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops)
1933 Jack Larson LA Calif, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman)
1934 Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
and Galina Bystrova USSR, pentathelete (1957, 58)
and Nick Nolte Omaha Nebr, actor (Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man)
1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth Scottish shipping magnate
1936 Cletis Boyer 3rd baseman (NY Yankees)
1937 Manfred Krug Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer)
1939 Barry Mann vocalist (Who Put the Bump)
1940 Talib Rasul Hakim composer
and Ted Koppel Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
1941 Tom Rush NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
1942 Fritz Peterson baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
and Robert Klein Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
1943 Creed Bratton Calif, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
and Jose de Almeida Prado composer
1944 Jim Capaldi rocker (Traffic)
1946 "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra LA Calif, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money)
and Paul Wheatbread rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
1948 Dan Seals McCamey Texas, vocalist (Seals & Crofts-You Still Move Me)
1949 Brooke Adams NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
and Julia Barr Ft Wayne Ind, actress (Brooke-All My Children)
and Scott Allen USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1950 J Lopez-Falcon Cuba, cosmonaut
and Michael Goodroe rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
and Ted Turner rocker (Wishbone Ash)
1952 Hans Van de Lubbe Dutch bassist/singer (Dike)
and Nancy Lord Libertarian VP candidate (1992)
1954 "Sensational" Sherri Martel [Russell], New Orl, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
1955 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary)
and John Grisham writer (Client, Firm, Pelican Brief)
1959 Irina Kalinina USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980)
and Pamela Jean Bryant Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978)
1960 Dino Ciccarelli Ontario, NHL right wing (Minn North Stars, Wash Caps)
1961 Sammy Llanas rocker (Bodeans)
and Vince Neil [Wharton] Ca, vocalist (M”tley Cre-Girls Girls Girls)
1963 Mary Steenburgen actress (Parenthood, Time After Time, Goin' South)
1965 Mathilda May Paris France, actress (Lifeforce)
1966 Gary Coleman Zion Ill, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes)
1967 Yvon Corriveau Ontario, NHL left wing (Wash Caps)
1971 Heidi Mark Columbus OH, playmate (Jul, 1995)
1973 Andreas Gliatis soccer player (NEC)
1975 Joshua Morrow actor (Nicholas Newman-Bold & Beautiful)
1981 Tommy Michaels Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)
Deaths Which Occured February 8:
1124 Stefanus van Thiers/Muret founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
1245 Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle French theologist, dies
1303 Nanshu Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
1513 Alonso de Ojeda Spanish explorer (Cura‡ao & Bonaire), dies
1587 Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44
1611 John H Van Linschoten traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
1650 John Adriaensz hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 74?
1676 Aleksei M Romanov 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
1686 Fran‡ois Branch diplomat on Java, murdered
1691 Carlo Rainaldi composer, dies at 79
1709 Giuseppi Torelli composer, dies at 50
1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
1740 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
1749 John van Huysum still life painter, dies at 66
1771 Augusta von Saxen-Gotha German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
1797 Johann Friedrich Doles composer, dies at 81
1801 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel composer, dies at 43
1821 Paul Anton Wineberger composer, dies at 62
1824 Rhijnvis Feith mayor/writer (Zwolle), dies at 71
1849 France Preseren Slavic poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48
Fran‡ois-Antoine Habeneck composer, dies at 68
1874 David F Strauss German theologist, dies
1878 Elias M Fries Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies
1897 Antonio C novas del Castillo premier of Spain, murdered at 69
1907 Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52
1909 Edouard Silas composer, dies at 81
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz composer, dies at 32
1911 Gustaf Fr”ding Swedish poet (Grabst„nk), dies at 50
1921 Pjotr A Kropotkin Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
1924 Gee John US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber (Nevada), dies
1932 Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
1935 Max Liebermann German impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies
1937 Scato Gocko de Vries paleographer/librarian, dies
1942 Fritz Todt German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
1946 Miles Mander actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
1947 Ernest Samuel Williams composer, dies at 65
1949 Franco Leoni composer, dies at 81
Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin composer, dies at 54
1953 Cliff Clark actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63
1954 Mabel Paige actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
1957 John Von Neumann astronomer, dies at 53
1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
1961 William Duncan actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81
1963 Abdul Karim Kassem PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinate in Baghdad at 48
George Dolenz actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55
Kassem premier of Iraq, killed by military coup
1968 J Borremans Belgian politician (Communist), dies
1974 Fern Andra dies at 80
Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
1975 Martyn Green actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75
1979 Nikolai S Tichonov Russian writer, dies at 82
1982 John Hay Whitney US newspaper magnate, dies at 76
1985 Marvin Miller actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire) dies at 71
Tom Greenway actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
1987 Harriet MacGibbon actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
Henry Cuckoo founder Dutch Boer party, dies at 74
1988 Allan Cuthbertson actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67
1989 Mauritius Mok writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies
1990 Del Shannon rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 55
1992 Baruch Lumet actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93
1993 Casper Van Der Berg poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
Douglas Heyes Sr [Matthew Howard], US playwright, dies at 73
Eliot Janeway financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
Franz Schnyder Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
Paul Brickhill Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies
1994 Jacob Firet theologist (Agogisch Moment), dies at 70
Ken Hall Australian director/producer (Kokoda Front Line), dies at 92
Raymond Scott composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
1995 BG Hooghoudt radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70
Wilhelm J Soukop Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88
Holidays Which Occur February 8:
Iraq Ramadan Revolution
Norway Narvik Sun Pageant Day
1997 China New Years-Year of Ox (4695)
Religious Observances on February 8:
Christian Feast of Bl Jacoba (Bl Jacqueline)
Methodist Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
1213 RC Comm of St John of Matha, confessor/ransomer of captives
1537 RC Memorial of St Jerome Emiliani (opt)
Things to Remember for February 8:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
11 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
2 Days Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant near î Aurigae
6 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
38 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d vj Id Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur February 8:
421 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor C III of Westromeinse
1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
1575 University of Lead opens
1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
1690 French troops set indian settlement in Schenectady NY on fire
1735 1st US opera performance in Charleston SC (Colley Cibbers "Flora")
1744 French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
1750 Minor earthquake in London
1807 Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
1837 1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)
1856 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #39 Laetitia
1861 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala
1862 Battle of Roanoke Island, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
1865 1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany
1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #183 Istria
1883 Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen
1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)
1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #283 Emma
and Flood ravages Dutch coast
1894 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks
1904 Outbreak of hostilities in Russo-Japanese war
1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #636 Erika
1909 France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco
1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated
1911 US helps overthrow Pres Miguel D vila of Honduras
1912 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla
1914 General Zamon becomes president of Haiti
1915 "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA
1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #816 Juliana
1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
1921 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #947 Monterosa
1922 Radio arrives at the White House
1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
and German NSDAP V"lkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
1925 Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta
1926 Germany questions its membership in League of Nations
and Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
and Walt Disney Studios forms
1927 Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1154 Astronomia
1928 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
and Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
1929 KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
1933 -23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)
and 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
1934 Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC
and Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt
1935 S Arend discovers asteroid #3228 Pire
1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles)
and He never plays in league
1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn
and 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers
and Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
1941 NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
1943 Red army recaptures Koersk
1944 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
1945 Allies air attack Goch/Kleef/Kalkar
1946 Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1949 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
1953 WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
1955 Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him
1957 SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
1958 Edgar Whitehead follows Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
and French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
and KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)
and Congress begins looking into payola
1962 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
and Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
1965 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84
and Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"
1967 Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)
and Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down
1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg)
1969 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
and Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, M‚xico
1971 Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
and South Vietnamese troops capture Laos
1974 Ringo releases "You're 16"
and Skylab 4's astronauts land
and Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea
and Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
1976 Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
and Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
1977 Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
and Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait
1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroids #2556 Louise & #2764 Moeller
1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days
and T Seki discovers asteroid #2880 Nihondaira
and Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found
and Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
and Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
E Bowell discovers asteroid #3031 Houston, #3032 Evans, #3065
and Sarahill, #3315 Chant, #3354 McNair & #3355 Onizuka
1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot
and Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
1986 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
1988 NASA launches DOD-2
1989 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
and Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
and US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
1992 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
and Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120.
1965 Eastern Airlines DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach,
New Jersey killing 84.
Your Special Reminders for February 8:
1934 -7øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1965 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 39th day of the year with 326 days left (Numerology = 1)
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