February 8th, 1894

Born on February 8th, 1894

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 48,000 days old!

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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: 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, 1894

55

Rosita Renard

Chilean musician (1894–1949)

*February 8th, 1894, Santiago †May 24th, 1949, Santiago

Same year
Born in 1894

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

*June 3rd, 1894, Salangen Municipality †June 3rd, 1943, Field

70

Otto Grotewohl

German politician (1894–1964)

*March 11th, 1894, Brunswick †September 21st, 1964, East Berlin

27

Lothar von Richthofen

German flying ace (1894–1922)

*September 27th, 1894, Wrocław †July 4th, 1922, Fuhlsbüttel

77

Nikita Khrushchev

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

*April 3rd, 1894, Kalinovka †September 11th, 1971, Moscow

92

Harold Macmillan

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963

*February 10th, 1894, Chelsea †December 29th, 1986, Sussex

69

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

*July 26th, 1894, Godalming †November 22nd, 1963, Los Angeles

84

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)

*February 3rd, 1894, New York City †November 8th, 1978, Stockbridge

43

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

*April 15th, 1894, Chattanooga †September 26th, 1937, Clarksdale

89

Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

*June 26th, 1894, Kronstadt †April 8th, 1984, Moscow

63

Norma Talmadge

American actress and film producer (1894–1957)

*May 2nd, 1894, Jersey City †December 24th, 1957, Las Vegas

59

René Fonck

French flying ace (1894-1953)

*March 27th, 1894, Saulcy-sur-Meurthe †June 18th, 1953, Paris

87

Paul Green

American playwright (1894–1981)

*March 17th, 1894, Lillington †May 4th, 1981, Chapel Hill

79

Raymond Schwartz

French banker and Esperanto author (1894–1973)

*April 8th, 1894, Metz †May 14th, 1973, Villepinte

87

Robert Russell Bennett

American composer, arranger (1894-1981)

*June 15th, 1894, Kansas City †August 18th, 1981, New York City

92

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

French photographer and painter (1894–1986)

*June 13th, 1894, Courbevoie †September 12th, 1986, Nice

63

Camil Petrescu

Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet (1894–1957)

*April 9th, 1894, Bucharest †May 14th, 1957, Bucharest

91

Paul Costello

American rower

*December 27th, 1894, Philadelphia †April 17th, 1986, Philadelphia

53

Charles C. Wilson

American actor (1894-1948)

*July 29th, 1894, New York City †January 7th, 1948, Los Angeles County

71

Alfred Berger

Austrian figure skater

*August 25th, 1894, Vienna †June 11th, 1966

79

John Ford

American film director (1894–1973)

*February 1st, 1894, Cape Elizabeth †August 31st, 1973, Palm Desert

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1894 is a normal year and no leap year.

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