February 8th, 1979

Born on February 8th, 1979

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

Born on February 8th, 1979

45

Aaron Cook

Baseball player

*February 8th, 1979, Fort Campbell

45

Josh Keaton

American actor

*February 8th, 1979, Hacienda Heights

45

José Alcaide Muñoz

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1979, Madrid

45

Marcelo de Faria

Brazilian footballer

*February 8th, 1979, Curitiba

45

Schwenck

Brazilian association football player

*February 8th, 1979, Nova Iguaçu

45

Pedro Alves

Portuguese footballer

*February 8th, 1979, Lisbon

45

Mike McMahon

American football player

*February 8th, 1979, Pittsburgh

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

44

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

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

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

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

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

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

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

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

46

Bettie Ballhaus

German foto model, performance artist and television presenter in the field of adult entertainment

*February 8th, 1978, Frankfurt (Oder)

42

Rory Sutherland

Racing cyclist

*February 8th, 1982, Canberra

48

Nicolas Vouilloz

French racing cyclist and rally driver

*February 8th, 1976, Nice

58

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian association football player

*February 8th, 1966, Plovdiv

29

Kasper Asgreen

Danish cyclist, born 1995

*February 8th, 1995, Kolding

37

Carolina Kostner

Italian figure skater

*February 8th, 1987, Bolzano

42

Gabriel Rufián

Spanish politician (born 1982)

*February 8th, 1982, Santa Coloma de Gramenet

44

Elisabetta Gregoraci

Italian showgirl, television presenter and former model

*February 8th, 1980, Soverato

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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Born on February 8th, 1979
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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