February 8th, 1860

Born on February 8th, 1860

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

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

77

Jules Verne

French writer (1828–1905)

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

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

36

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

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

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

72

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist

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

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

88

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

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

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

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

87

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

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

58

Roderich von Stintzing

German legal historian (1825–1883)

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

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

47

Ferdinand Ferber

French Army captain and aviator

*February 8th, 1862, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon †September 22nd, 1909, Boulogne-sur-Mer

70

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

French politician (1851-1921)

*February 8th, 1851, Strasbourg †April 20th, 1921, Osthouse

54

Kate Chopin

American author

*February 8th, 1850, St. Louis †August 22nd, 1904, St. Louis

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

89

Horst Eckel

German association football player

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

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Born in 1860

44

Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

*January 29th, 1860, Taganrog †July 2nd, 1904, Badenweiler

50

Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)

*July 7th, 1860, Kaliště †May 18th, 1911, Vienna

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

74

Jane Addams

American activist, sociologist and writer

*September 6th, 1860, Cedarville †June 21st, 1935, Chicago

67

Willem Einthoven

Dutch physiologist

*May 21st, 1860, Semarang City †September 28th, 1927, Leiden

78

Owen Wister

American writer

*July 14th, 1860, Germantown †July 21st, 1938, Kingston

75

Harry B. Smith

U.S. writer, lyricist and composer

*December 28th, 1860, Buffalo †January 1st, 1936, Atlantic City

77

J. M. Barrie

Scottish writer and playwright

*May 9th, 1860, Kirriemuir †June 19th, 1937, Marylebone

44

Theodor Herzl

Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)

*May 2nd, 1860, Pest †July 3rd, 1904, Reichenau an der Rax

85

George F. Marion

American stage and screen actor (1860-1945)

*July 16th, 1860, San Francisco †November 30th, 1945, Carmel-by-the-Sea

43

Niels Ryberg Finsen

Faroese physician and scientist of Icelandic descent

*December 15th, 1860, Tórshavn †September 24th, 1904, Copenhagen

76

Charles Curtis

Vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933

*January 25th, 1860, Topeka †February 8th, 1936, Washington, D.C.

48

Isaac Albéniz

Spanish composer (1860-1909)

*May 29th, 1860, Camprodon †May 18th, 1909, Cambo-les-Bains

86

Ernest Thompson Seton

British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement

*August 14th, 1860, South Shields †October 23rd, 1946, Seton Village

64

Hjalmar Branting

Prime Minister of Sweden (1860-1925)

*November 23rd, 1860, Klara Church Parish †February 24th, 1925, Stockholm City

59

Friedrich Naumann

German politician, editor (1860-1919)

*March 25th, 1860, Störmthal †August 24th, 1919, Travemünde

92

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

Italian diplomat (1860–1952)

*May 19th, 1860, Palermo †December 1st, 1952, Rome

89

James Ensor

Belgian painter (1860–1949)

*April 13th, 1860, Ostend †November 19th, 1949, Ostend

82

Otto Jespersen

Danish linguist

*July 16th, 1860, Randers †April 30th, 1943, Roskilde

88

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar (*1860 – †1948)

*May 2nd, 1860, Edinburgh †June 21st, 1948, St Andrews

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Public holidays on February 8th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1860 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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