February 8th, 1873

Born on February 8th, 1873

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 56,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 962 days, exactly on March 2nd, 2029, people who were born on February 8th, 1873 will be 57,000 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: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King Louis IX of France at the Battle of Fariskur.

February 8th, 1693

The William III and Mary II of England charter the College of William & Mary, establishing what is now the second-oldest university in the United States.

February 8th, 1575

William of Orange founded Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands.

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, 0421

Honorius declared Constantius III to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

February 8th, 1968

Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students 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, Los Angeles, in 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 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, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

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

Born on February 8th, 1873

82

Philippe de Marne

Racing driver

*February 8th, 1873, Paris †May 3rd, 1955, Boulogne-Billancourt

Same year
Born in 1873

71

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist

*June 28th, 1873, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †November 5th, 1944, Paris

77

Ivanoe Bonomi

Italian prime minister in 1921–22 and 1944–45

*October 18th, 1873, Mantua †April 20th, 1951, Rome

69

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)

*April 1st, 1873, Starorussky Uyezd †March 28th, 1943, Beverly Hills

89

Otto Harbach

American songwriter

*August 18th, 1873, Salt Lake City †January 24th, 1963, New York City

39

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer

*December 19th, 1873, 11th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1913, 5th arrondissement of Paris

81

María Goyri

Spanish hispanist

*August 29th, 1873, Bilbao †November 28th, 1954, Madrid

58

Julieta Lanteri

Argentine pharmacologist and suffragist (1873–1932)

*March 22nd, 1873, Province of Cuneo †February 23rd, 1932, Buenos Aires

67

Louis Pinck

German priest

*July 11th, 1873, Lemberg †December 8th, 1940, Saarbrücken

86

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples

83

Konstantin von Neurath

German Foreign Minister, Ambassador and Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia, general and Nazi war criminal (1873-1956)

*February 2nd, 1873, Kleinglattbach †August 14th, 1956, Enzweihingen

83

Jules Rimet

Founders of association football institution (1873-1956)

*October 14th, 1873, Theuley †October 16th, 1956, Suresnes

81

Luigi Gasparotto

Italian politician (1873-1954)

*May 31st, 1873, Sacile †June 29th, 1954, Cantello

87

Lee de Forest

American inventor

*August 26th, 1873, Council Bluffs †June 30th, 1961, Hollywood

94

Ejnar Hertzsprung

Danish astronomer and chemist

*October 8th, 1873, Frederiksberg †October 21st, 1967, Roskilde

65

Feodor Chaliapin

Russian opera singer and actor (1873-1938)

*February 1st, 1873, Lisitsyn-Emelin House †April 12th, 1938, Paris

88

Otto Loewi

Jewish-German pharmacologist

*June 3rd, 1873, Frankfurt †December 25th, 1961, New York City

59

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)

*July 20th, 1873, Santos Dumont †July 23rd, 1932, Guarujá

77

Alfred Wiłkomirski

Polish violinist and pedagogue

*January 1st, 1873, Azov †January 1st, 1950, Łódź

50

Valery Bryusov

Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian

*December 1st, 1873, Moscow †October 9th, 1924, Moscow

67

Kyösti Kallio

Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland (1873-1940)

*April 10th, 1873, Ylivieska †December 19th, 1940, Helsinki Central Railway Station

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 1873 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1873