February 8th, 1025

Born on February 8th, 1025

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 364,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 21 days, exactly on June 10th, 2024, people who were born on February 8th, 1025 will be 365,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 8th?

February 8th, 1948

The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

February 8th, 1250

Seventh Crusade: Louis IX of France was defeated at the Battle of Fariskur and captured by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.

February 8th, 2010

A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.

February 8th, 1983

The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

February 8th, 1968

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

February 8th, 1965

After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.

February 8th, 1960

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, California.

February 8th, 1924

Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

February 8th, 1910

William D. Boyce (pictured) established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.

February 8th, 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.

February 8th, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 2014

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

February 8th, 2013

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

February 8th, 2010

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 8th?

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

35

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

40

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

25

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1930, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

77

Jules Verne

French writer (1828–1905)

*February 8th, 1828, Nantes †March 24th, 1905, Amiens

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

36

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

72

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist

*February 8th, 1834, Tobolsk †January 20th, 1907, Saint Petersburg

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

88

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

44

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

65

Henry Czerny

Canadian film, stage and television actor

*February 8th, 1959, Toronto

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

Daniel Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

*February 8th, 1700, Groningen †March 17th, 1782, Basel

89

Horst Eckel

German association football player

*February 8th, 1932, Vogelbach †December 3rd, 2021, Landstuhl

85

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French writer and historian (1685-1770)

*February 8th, 1685, Paris †November 24th, 1770, Paris

58

Roderich von Stintzing

German legal historian (1825–1883)

*February 8th, 1825, Altona †September 13th, 1883, Oberstdorf

29

Kasper Asgreen

Danish cyclist, born 1995

*February 8th, 1995, Kolding

87

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem

39

Jens Vilhelmsen

Danish rower

*February 8th, 1985, Fredericia

58

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian association football player

*February 8th, 1966, Plovdiv

50

Gennady Mikhaylov

Russian cyclist

*February 8th, 1974, Cheboksary

76

Jack Lemmon

American actor (1925–2001)

*February 8th, 1925, Newton †June 27th, 2001, Los Angeles

69

John Grisham

American writer (born 1955)

*February 8th, 1955, Jonesboro

80

Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian photographer

*February 8th, 1944, Aimorés

42

Rory Sutherland

Racing cyclist

*February 8th, 1982, Canberra

37

Carolina Kostner

Italian figure skater

*February 8th, 1987, Bolzano

71

Orville Caldwell

American politician and actor (1896-1967)

*February 8th, 1896, Oakland †September 24th, 1967, Santa Rosa

74

Lana Turner

American actress (1921–1995)

*February 8th, 1921, Wallace †June 29th, 1995, Los Angeles

77

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

German actor (1939–2016)

*February 8th, 1939, Hamburg †April 19th, 2016, Hamburg

71

Cristina Stamate

Romanian actress

*February 8th, 1946, Bucharest †November 27th, 2017, Bucharest

65

Mauricio Macri

President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

*February 8th, 1959, Tandil

76

Alexei Kosygin

Soviet politician (1904-1980)

*February 8th, 1904, Saint Petersburg †December 18th, 1980, Moscow

82

Robert Klein

American stand-up comedian

*February 8th, 1942, The Bronx

61

Benigno Aquino III

President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016

*February 8th, 1960, Manila †June 24th, 2021, Quezon City

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1025 is a normal year and no leap year.

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