| 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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