February 8

Events

Pre-1600

• 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1347 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, unsuccessfully rebels against Queen Elizabeth I.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the second-oldest institution of higher education in the Thirteen Colonies, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1807 – Napoleon defeats the coalition forces of Russian General Bennigsen and Prussian General L'Estocq at the Battle of Eylau.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1817 – An army led by Grand Marshal Las Heras crosses the Andes to join San Martín in the liberation of Chile from Spain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first and only Vice President of the United States chosen by the Senate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1865 – Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, delaying the criminalization of slavery until the amendment's national adoption on December 6, 1865.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The amendment is ultimately ratified by Delaware on February 12, 1901, the 92nd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes the adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1879 – England's cricket team, led by Lord Harris, is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1885 – The first Japanese immigrants arrive in Hawaii.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1887 – The Dawes Act is enacted, authorizing the U.S. President to divide Native American tribal land into individual allotments.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1904 – Japanese forces launch a surprise attack against Russian-controlled Port Arthur, marking the start of the Russo-Japanese war.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1904 – The Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch a military campaign in the Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – D. W. Griffith's controversial landmark film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1924 – The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Republican forces establish the Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos in Cantabria.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – World War II: Japan invades Singapore.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – World War II: British and Canadian forces commence Operation Veritable to occupy land between the Maas and Rhine rivers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet POWs from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde, Usedom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North and replaced by the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1950 – The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, proclaiming the House of Windsor and declaring that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – The Hollywood Walk of Fame is founded.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing all 84 people onboard.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1968 – American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration into the country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1983 – A dust storm hits Melbourne, resulting in the worst drought on record and severe weather conditions in the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Irish race horse Shergar is stolen and allegedly killed by gunmen in a ransom attempt by the PIRA.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, killing all 144 passengers on board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1993 – An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people onboard both aircraft.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Over Template:Convert of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2020 – A soldier opens fire in a military camp and a shopping center in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, killing 29 people and injuring 58 others before being shot dead by police the next day. It is considered the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2023 – Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus crashes into a daycare centre in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The driver is arrested and charged with homicide and dangerous driving.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 120 – Vettius Valens, Greek astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer (d. ~175)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 412 – Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (d. ~485)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 882 – Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt (d. 946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1191 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (d. 1246)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1291 – Afonso IV of Portugal, Portuguese king (d. 1357)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1405 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1453)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1487 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, German duke (d. 1550)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1514 – Daniele Barbaro, Venetian churchman, diplomat and scholar (d. 1570)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1552 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1577 – Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar (d. 1640)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1591 – Guercino, Italian painter (d. 1666)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1685 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (d. 1770)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1720 – Emperor Sakuramachi, Japanese emperor (d. 1750)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1741 – André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer (d. 1813)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1762 – Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1820)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1764 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1846)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1792 – Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, German princess (d. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1798 – Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Russian grand duke (d. 1849)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1807 – Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist (d. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1817 – Richard S. Ewell, American general (d. 1872)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1819 – John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1820 – William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (d. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1822 – Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1825 – Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1828 – Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1829 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1850 – Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1860 – Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1866 – Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (d. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1876 – Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1878 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1965)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1880 – Franz Marc, German soldier and painter (d. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1880 – Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (d. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1882 – Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1883 – Isak Penttala, Finnish politician (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1883 – Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist (d. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1884 – Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (d. 1953)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1886 – Charlie Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1888 – Edith Evans, English actress (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1893 – Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1894 – King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1897 – Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India (d. 1969)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1899 – Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1902 – Demchugdongrub, Mongol prince and politician, head of state of Mengjiang (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1903 – Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1903 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1909 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1911 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Betty Field, American actress (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1918 – Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – Balram Singh Rai, Guyanese politician, 1st Minister of Home Affairs (d. 2022)<ref name="hist">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1921 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1925 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – Neal Cassady, American author and poet (d. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1926 – Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1931 – James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Shadia, Egyptian actress and singer (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1932 – Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1932 – John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1937 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1939 – Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940 – Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician (d. 1999)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940 – Ted Koppel, English-American journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Nick Nolte, American actor and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1942 – Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1942 – Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1943 – Creed Bratton, American actor and musician<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Valerie Thomas, American scientist and inventor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1944 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1944 – Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1953 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – John Grisham, American lawyer and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (d. 2018)<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1956 – Marques Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Karine Chemla, French historian of mathematics and sinologist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)<ref name="slam">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="demo">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1959 – Henry Czerny, Canadian actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1959 – Heinz Gunthardt, Swiss tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian rider<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Mauricio Macri, Argentinian businessman and politician, President of Argentina<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1960 – Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Vince Neil, American singer-songwriter and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Arlie Petters, Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Santosh Sivan, Indian director, cinematographer, producer, and actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1964 – Trinny Woodall, English fashion designer and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Adelir Antônio de Carli, Brazilian priest and balloonist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Michael Ansley, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1969 – Pauly Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1969 – Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Mary McCormack, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1970 – Stephanie Courtney, American actress and comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – John Filan, Australian footballer and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player and executive<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1971 – Susan Misner, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1972 – Big Show, American wrestler and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician, singer, composer, and record producer<ref name="AP"/>
• 1974 – Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Joshua Morrow, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1974 – Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Nicolas Vouilloz, French rally driver and mountain biker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Dave Farrell, American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1977 – Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Ranveer Brar, Indian chef, author, restauranteur, and television personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Mick de Brenni, Australian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Aaron Cook, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – William Jackson Harper, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Steve Gohouri, Ivorian footballer (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Jim Parrack, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
• 1983 – Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Sean Bergenheim, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Cecily Strong, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Félix Pie, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Brian Randle, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Anderson .Paak, American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Javi García, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – JaJuan Johnson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Julio Jones, American football player<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1989 – Brendan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Courtney Vandersloot, American-Hungarian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Bethany Hamilton, American surfer<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Klay Thompson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter<ref name="birthplace and school">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Gabriel Deck, Argentine basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Joshua Kimmich, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Kenedy, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Leighton Vander Esch, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Kathryn Newton, American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1998 – Rui Hachimura, Japanese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – I.N, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 538 – Severus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch (b. 465)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1204 – Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1182)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1229 – Ali ibn Hanzala, sixth Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism<ref>Template:EI3</ref>
• 1250 – Robert I, Count of Artois (b. 1216)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1250 – William II Longespée, Earl of Salisbury, English martyr (b. 1212)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1265 – Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1285 – Theodoric of Landsberg (b. 1242)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1296 – Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1314 – Helen of Anjou, Queen of Serbia (b. 1236)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1382 – Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (b. 1328)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1537 – Saint Gerolamo Emiliani, Italian humanitarian (b. 1481)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1599 – Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1676 – Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1696 – Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1709 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1725 – Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1749 – Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1750 – Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1772 – Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1849 – François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1849 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1856 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1907 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1910 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1932 – Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)<ref name="Chancellors">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Olga Taratuta, Ukrainian Jewish anarchist (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1945 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Cahir Healy, Northern Irish republican and anti partition politician (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
• 1971 – Kanaiyalal Munshi, Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (b. 1887)<ref name="Sheth1979">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1886)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1990 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)<ref name="Scott">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1994 – Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1997 – Corey Scott, American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1999 – Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)<ref name="nbl">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (b. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan sailor and politician (b. 1944)<ref name="BBC080205">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Elton Dean, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)<ref name="indyobit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Thierry Fortineau, French actor (b. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2008 – Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – John Murtha, American colonel and politician (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2013 – Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – James DePreist, American conductor and educator (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Maureen Dragone, American journalist and author (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (b. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2016 – Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 – Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2016 – Violette Verdy, French ballerina (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (b. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2017 – Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2020 – Robert Conrad, American actor (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2023 – Arto Heiskanen, Finnish professional hockey player (b. 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (b. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Gyalo Thondup, Brother of the 14th Dalai Lama (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Cuthmann of Steyning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Elffled of Whitby<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Elisabetta Martinez<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Gerolamo Emiliani<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Josephine Bakhita<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Juventius of Pavia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Mengold of Huy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Stephen of Muret<ref name="Webster">Template:Cite Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
  • February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Parinirvana Day (some Mahayana Buddhism traditions; most celebrate on February 15)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Prešeren Day (Slovenia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Propose Day (India)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Military Foundation Day (North Korea<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Template:NYT On this day
• Historical Events on February 8