| February 8th 1941 | | Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore
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| February 8th 1942 | | Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles
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| February 8th 1942 | | Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort
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| February 8th 1943 | | Red Army recaptures Kursk
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| February 8th 1944 | | U-762 sunk off Ireland
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| February 8th 1944 | | 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
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| February 8th 1945 | | Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald
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| February 8th 1946 | | B‚la Bart•ks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Phila
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| February 8th 1946 | | Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
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| February 8th 1947 | | KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| February 8th 1947 | | Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)
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| February 8th 1948 | | 5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
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| February 8th 1949 | | Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
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| February 8th 1952 | | "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV
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| February 8th 1953 | | WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
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