| February 8th 1925 | - Birth: | Alvin Brehm, composer |
| February 8th 1949 | - Birth: | Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers) |
| February 8th 1989 | - Death: | Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 |
| February 8th 1993 | - Event: | GM sues NBC, alleging that \"Dateline NBC\" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires |
| February 8th 1828 | - Birth: | Jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon) |
| February 8th 1976 | - Birth: | Holly Manthei, Edina Minn, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-96) |
| February 8th 1918 | - Birth: | John Intoxication, resistance fighter |
| February 8th 1975 | - Death: | Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75 |
| February 8th 1896 | - Event: | Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf |
| February 8th 1984 | - Event: | Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7 |
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