February 8th, 1962

Born on February 8th, 1962

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What happened on February 8th, 1962?

February 8th, 1962

Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charonne_subway_massacre

What else 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.

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

Born on February 8th, 1962

62

Malorie Blackman

British author, Children's Laureate

*February 8th, 1962, Clapham

62

Martin Wuttke

German actor

*February 8th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

62

Lisa P. Jackson

American politician: EPA administrator

*February 8th, 1962, Philadelphia

62

Barbara Ludwig

German politician and mayor of Chemnitz

*February 8th, 1962, Chemnitz

62

Israil Arsamakov

Soviet weightlifter

*February 8th, 1962, Grozny

62

Shuli Rand

Israeli actor, writer and singer

*February 8th, 1962, Bnei Brak

62

Pamela Springsteen

American actress and photographer

*February 8th, 1962, Freehold Township

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

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

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

40

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

35

Bronte Barratt

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

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

65

Henry Czerny

Canadian film, stage and television actor

*February 8th, 1959, Toronto

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

58

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian association football player

*February 8th, 1966, Plovdiv

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

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

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

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

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

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

61

Benigno Aquino III

President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016

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

65

Mauricio Macri

President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

*February 8th, 1959, Tandil

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

44

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

69

John Grisham

American writer (born 1955)

*February 8th, 1955, Jonesboro

63

Vince Neil

American musician, lead singer of Mötley Crüe

*February 8th, 1961, Hollywood

58

Alex Antonitsch

Austrian tennis player

*February 8th, 1966, Villach

Same year
Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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