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February 8th 1983- Event:Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days
February 8th 1987- Death:Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
February 8th 1949- Birth:Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
February 8th 1975- Death:Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75
February 8th 1946- Death:Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
February 8th 1957- Death:John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53
February 8th 1958- Event:Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
February 8th 1887- Event:Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club
February 8th 1974- Event:Skylab 4\'s astronauts land
February 8th 1947- Death:Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65

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