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February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 326 days remaining, 327 in leap years.

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421 - Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.
1622 - King James I of England disbands the English Parliament
1692 - A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony declares that three teenaged girls are under domination of Satan, leading to the Salem witch trials.
1693Events January 11 Eruption of Mt. February 8 The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter July 29 The Battle of Landen October 11 Charleloi falls to the French forces China concentrates all its foreign trade to Canton Eur - The College of William and MaryThe College of William and Mary in Virginia is a public, liberal-arts university located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The College currently enrolls 5500 undergraduate and 2000 graduate students and is considered to be among the best institutions of higher l in Williamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,998. It is the county seat of James City County 6, although it is itself an independent city. is granted a charter.
1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress - Battle of EylauThe Battle of Eylau fought on February 7 8, 1807, was a bloody and inconclusive contest between the forces of Napoleon and a mostly Russian army under General Benigssen. Eylau was the first serious check to the French Grand Armee which in the previous two - NapoleonFor other meanings, see Napoleon (disambiguation . Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 5 May 1821) was a general and ruler of France. General of the French Revolution, he was the effective ruler of France starting in 1799: First Consul Premier Consul of t defeats RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Withns under General Benigssen.
1837Events January 10 DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana January 26 Michigan is admitted as the 26th U. State February 8 Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate February 11 Americ - Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
1855 - The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.
1861 - American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed. Jefferson Davis is selected as first president.
1900 - British troops are defeated by Boers at Ladysmith, South Africa.
1904 - Russo-Japanese War: Japanese surprise attack at Port Arthur, Manchuria, starting the war.
1910 - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
1915 - The controversial film The Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith premieres in Los Angeles.
1918 - The Stars and Stripes newspaper publishes for the first time.
1922 - President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
1924 - Death penalty: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.
1936 - Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a National Football League draft, by the Philadelphia Eagles.
1943 - World War II: Battle of Kursk - the Russian army captures the city
1943 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - United States forces defeat Japanese troops.
1945 - World War II: United States bombs Dresden, Germany with fire-bombs; 135,000 die.
1949 - Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary sentenced for treason.
1963 - Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
1968 - American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken-up by highway patrolmen leading to the deaths of three college students.
1969 - The last weekly issue of the Saturday Evening Post hits magazine stands.
1971 - A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts.
1974 - After 84 days in space, the crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth.
1974 - Military coup in Upper Volta.
1978 - Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcasted on radio for the first time.
1984 - 1984 Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo.
1985 - After 6-1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazzard goes off the air.
1989 - An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal killing 144.
1993 - General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes showing that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settled the lawsuit the next day.
1996 - The United States Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
2001 - Disney's California Adventure, the Disneyland Resort's second park in its 46-year history, opens.
2002 - Opening ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games.

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