February 8th, 1984

Born on February 8th, 1984

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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, 1984

42

Manuel Osborne-Paradis

Canadian alpine skier

*February 8th, 1984, North Vancouver

42

Sean Bergenheim

Finnish ice hockey player

*February 8th, 1984, Helsinki

42

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos

Greek professional basketball player

*February 8th, 1984, Athens

42

Cecily Strong

American actress

*February 8th, 1984, Springfield

42

Smoke DZA

American rapper

*February 8th, 1984, Harlem

Same year
Born in 1984

41

Basshunter

Swedish singer, record producer and DJ

*December 22nd, 1984, Halmstad

42

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

42

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

42

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

41

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

42

Juliette Armanet

French singer and songwriter

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

41

Andreas Gabalier

Austrian folk singer

*November 21st, 1984, Graz

42

Jeremy Loops

South African singer, songwriter, and record producer

*March 4th, 1984, Kommetjie

41

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

41

Molly Nilsson

Swedish record producer, keyboardist and singer-songwriter

*December 14th, 1984, Stockholm

41

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

42

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

42

Viktor Király

Hungarian singer and songwriter

*March 29th, 1984, New York City

41

Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1984)

*September 27th, 1984, Belleville

42

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

42

Simon Dominic

South Korean rapper

*March 9th, 1984, Busan

41

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

*November 22nd, 1984, Manhattan

42

Mark Zuckerberg

American Internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

42

Markus Brzenska

German association football player and manager

*May 25th, 1984, Lünen

42

Kim Jong-un

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 8th

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

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Born on February 8th, 1984
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1984 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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