February 8th, 1966

Born on February 8th, 1966

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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

Born on February 8th, 1966

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

58

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian association football player

*February 8th, 1966, Plovdiv

58

Alex Antonitsch

Austrian tennis player

*February 8th, 1966, Villach

58

Sylvia Limmer

German politician

*February 8th, 1966, Bayreuth

58

Mathias Gutmann

German philosopher and biologist

*February 8th, 1966, Frankfurt

58

Kirk Muller

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 8th, 1966, Kingston

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

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

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

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

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

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

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

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

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

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

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

57

Sherie Rene Scott

American actress, singer and writer

*February 8th, 1967, Kentucky

44

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

65

Henry Czerny

Canadian film, stage and television actor

*February 8th, 1959, Toronto

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

59

Mathilda May

French actress

*February 8th, 1965, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

42

Gary Coleman

American actor and comedian (1968–2010)

*February 8th, 1968, Zion †May 28th, 2010, Provo

54

André Steiner

German rower

*February 8th, 1970, Gera

65

Mauricio Macri

President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

*February 8th, 1959, Tandil

69

John Grisham

American writer (born 1955)

*February 8th, 1955, Jonesboro

61

Benigno Aquino III

President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016

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

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

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Public holidays on February 8th

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

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Born on February 8th, 1966
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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