February 8

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 326 days (327 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content
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 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events [ edit ]

 * General
 * 1924 - In Carson City in the US state Nevada is first carried out a death sentence with a gas chamber .
 * 1973 - The Indonesian government rejects the American photojournalist Wyn Sargent out as' anthropological research "was married to a Papua -stamhoofd.


 * Infrastructure
 * 1948 - bus accident to Warsage in the Belgian province of Liège . There are regrettable 24 deaths.


 * War
 * 1904 - Japan is Russia to; beginning of the Russo-Japanese War .


 * Politics
 * 421 - Emperor Honorius appoints his brother Constantius III co-emperor ( Augustus ) of the Western Roman Empire .
 * 1635 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Richelieu conclude a treaty that the Southern Netherlands divides between the Dutch Republic and France .


 * Recreation
 * 2001 - Disney California Adventure, the second Disney Park at the Disneyland Resort , opens.


 * Religion
 * 1600 - Giordano Bruno is the stake condemned by the Catholic Church .
 * 1730 - Pope Benedict XIII creates one new cardinal .
 * 1895 - Appointment of Henricus van de Wetering auxiliary bishop of Utrecht .
 * 1951 - Rise of the Apostolic Prefecture Banka and Billiton in Indonesia to Apostolic Vicariate Pangkal-Pinang .
 * 1997 - Resignation of the Belgian Henri Lemaître as nuncio in Netherlands and appointment of the Italian Angelo Acerbi as his successor.


 * Sport
 * 1931 - At the second independent Hockey World Championships in Poland extends Canada the world by also the last game in the final round - against the United States - winning exit: 2-0.
 * 1947 - Jan van der Hoorn wins ninth Elfstedentocht .
 * 1999 - The Slovenia national football team achieves the greatest victory in its history by defeating Oman 7-0 in an exhibition game.
 * 2009 - The Dutch skater Sven Kramer in Hamar , Norway for the third consecutive time world champion in the all-round skating . He wins the final ten kilometers in 13.05,21.
 * 2014 - At the Winter Olympics Sochi extends Sven Kramer his Olympic title in the 5,000 meters . Jan Blokhuijsen (silver) and Jorrit Bergsma (bronze) make the podium complete "orange".
 * 2015 - Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea by Ghana after penalty shootout defeat in the final 9-8, after a final score of 0-0.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1575 - Prince William I of Orange founded the University of Leiden .
 * 1883 - Lewis Waterman takes the pen off.
 * 1936 - Jean-Antoine Jacques asks a patent for the bar of chocolate .

Born [ edit ]
Eliphas Levi born February 8, 1810

Henri Knap born February 8, 1911

Lana Turner born February 8, 1921

Bruno Martins Indi born February 8, 1992
 * 411 - Proclus, Greek philosopher and mathematician (deceased 485 )
 * 1291 - Afonso IV of Portugal, King of Portugal from 1325 to 1357 (deceased in 1357 )
 * 1641 - Robert Knox, English sea captain (deceased 1720 )
 * 1727 - Jean-André Deluc, Swiss geologist and instrument maker (deceased in 1817 )
 * 1810 - Norbert Burgmüller, German composer (deceased in 1836 )
 * 1810 - Eliphas Levi, French philosopher, occultist and Mason (deceased in 1875 )
 * 1820 - William Tecumseh Sherman, American General (deceased in 1891 )
 * 1828 - Jules Verne, French author and pioneer in the science fiction genre (deceased in 1905 )
 * 1834 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist (deceased in 1907 )
 * 1845 - Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Irish economist (deceased in 1926 )
 * 1849 - Aristide Cavallari, Italian Cardinal Patriarch of Venice (deceased in 1914 )
 * 1854 - Gerrit Johan Anne Schimmelpenninck, Dutch politician (deceased in 1924 )
 * 1857 - Christiaan Snouck, Dutch Arabist and Islamologist (deceased in 1936 )
 * 1862 - Charles Doudelet, Flemish painter (deceased in 1938 )
 * 1872 - Juan Abad, Filipino playwright (deceased in 1932 );
 * 1878 - Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli religious philosopher (deceased in 1965 )
 * 1878 - Willem Hesselink, Dutch footballer (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1880 - Franz Marc, German painter (deceased in 1916 )
 * 1889 - Siegfried Kracauer, German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic and film theorist (deceased in 1966 )
 * 1904 - Bill Tilden, American tennis player (deceased in 1953 )
 * 1904 - Henk Timmer, Dutch tennis player (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1911 - Henri Knap, Dutch journalist and writer (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1914 - Pierre Wynants, Belgian archbishop (deceased 1978 )
 * 1918 - Freddie Blassie (Classy), American professional wrestler (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1920 - Sverre Farstad, Norwegian skater (deceased in 1978 )
 * 1920 - Mike Magill, American race car driver (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1921 - Lana Turner, American actress (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1925 - Jack Lemmon, American actor (deceased in 2001 )
 * 1925 - Juana Marta Rodas, Paraguayan ceramic artist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1926 - Neal Cassady, American writer (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1927 - Dan Van Severen, Belgian painter (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1928 - Theo French, Dutch politician and director (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1929 - Christian Marin, French actor (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1929 - Claude Rich, French actor
 * 1931 - James Dean, American actor (deceased in 1955 )
 * 1932 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1932 - John Williams, American film composer
 * 1933 - Elly Ameling, soprano Dutch
 * 1934 - Piet Blom, Dutch architect (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1936 - Ruud Bos, Dutch composer
 * 1937 - Jan Abrahamse, Dutch cartographer, Wadloper and editor (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1938 - Marco Bakker, Dutch singer
 * 1941 - Wolfgang Blochwitz East German footballer (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1941 - Antonio De Rosso, Italian Orthodox Church leader (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1941 - Nick Nolte, American film actor and producer
 * 1942 - Jean Gol, Belgian politician (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1942 - Robert Klein, American actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer and stand-up comedian
 * 1943 - Creed Bratton, American actor and musician
 * 1944 - Leonid Mikitenko, Soviet Russian / Kazakh athlete
 * 1944 - Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer
 * 1944 - Alexander Vencel, Czechoslovakian footballer
 * 1946 - Ivan Heylen, Belgian journalist and singer
 * 1946 - Gert Jonke, Austrian poet (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1948 - Martin De Jonghe, Belgian radio producer
 * 1948 - Roland Radier, Dutch actor
 * 1948 - Dan Seals, American singer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1949 - Brooke Adams, American actress
 * 1950 - Paul Codde, Belgian actor and television announcer
 * 1951 - Steve Hillage, British guitarist
 * 1952 - Jan Willem Boogman, Dutch athlete
 * 1953 - Mary Steenburgen, American actress
 * 1954 - Roger van Boxtel, Dutch politician
 * 1955 - John Grisham, American writer
 * 1958 - Pedro Acharon jr., Filipino politician
 * 1960 - Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines (2010-2016)
 * 1961 - Ralf Åkesson, Swedish chess
 * 1963 - Betty Vansteenbroek, Belgian athlete
 * 1964 - Larry Clarke, American actor
 * 1964 - Trinny Woodall, British television presenter
 * 1965 - Joshua Kadison, American singer and songwriter
 * 1966 - Dimitri Konyshev, Russian cyclist
 * 1966 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
 * 1969 - Hugo Brizuela, Paraguayan footballer
 * 1969 - Katrien Maenhout, Belgian athlete
 * 1969 - Mary McCormack, American actress
 * 1971 - Dmitry Nelyubin, Russian track cyclist (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1972 - Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist
 * 1973 - Marc Lloyd Williams, Welsh footballer
 * 1974 - Ulises de la Cruz, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1974 - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician
 * 1974 - Susan May Pratt, American actress
 * 1975 - Lucas Winnips, Dutch writer
 * 1976 - Sissy van Alebeek, Dutch cyclist
 * 1977 - Shigeru Aburaya, Japanese athlete
 * 1977 - Ousmane Dabo, French footballer
 * 1977 - Dave Farrell, American bassist
 * 1977 - Petr Fulin, Czech racing driver
 * 1977 - Roman Kostomarov, Russian figure skater
 * 1977 - Klaartje the Creator, Dutch actress
 * 1978 - Laurens Joensen, Dutch singer-songwriter
 * 1978 - Josu Silloniz, Spanish cyclist
 * 1979 - Saskia Meijer, Dutch athlete
 * 1980 - Free Souffriau, Belgian actress
 * 1980 - Minne Veldman, Dutch organist
 * 1981 - Bertrand Grospellier, French poker player
 * 1982 - Katrin Leumann, Swiss mountain biker and rider field
 * 1982 - Rory Sutherland, Australian cyclist
 * 1983 - Atiba Hutchinson, Canadian football player
 * 1983 - Ivan Skobrev, Russian skater
 * 1984 - Manon Flier, Dutch volleyball star
 * 1984 - Saadia Himi, Dutch miss
 * 1984 - Simone Iacone, Italian racing driver
 * 1984 - Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canadian alpine skier
 * 1986 - Eefje de Visser, Dutch songwriter / singer
 * 1988 - Norbert Trandafir, Romanian swimmer
 * 1989 - Bronte Barratt, Australian swimmer
 * 1989 - Nick Delpopolo, American judoka
 * 1991 - Tee Jing Yi, Malaysian badminton star
 * 1991 - Michael Lang, Swiss footballer
 * 1991 - Kim Polling, Dutch judoka
 * 1992 - Bruno Martins Indi, Dutch-Portuguese footballer
 * 1994 - Thomas Grøgaard, Norwegian footballer
 * 1994 - Ingo van Weert, Dutch footballer
 * 2001 - Karolien Goris, Belgian singer

Deceased [ edit ]
Tsar Peter the Great, deceased February 8, 1725

Anna Nicole Smith, deceased February 8, 2007

Els Borst, deceased February 8, 2014
 * 1587 - Mary I (44), Scottish queen
 * 1611 - Jan Huygen van Linschoten (47) Dutch merchant and explorer
 * 1725 - Peter I of Russia (52), Russian tsar
 * 1824 - Rhijnvis Feith (84), Dutch writer
 * 1849 - France Prešeren (48), Slovenian poet
 * 1878 - Elias Magnus Fries (83), Swedish mycologist
 * 1887 - Nicholas Kamperdijk (71), Dutch architect
 * 1890 - Herman van Cappelle (64), Dutch physician
 * 1907 - Ericus Verkade (71), Dutch entrepreneur
 * 1917 - Diomede Falconio (74), Italian curial cardinal
 * 1921 - Francis Hagerup (68), Norwegian politician
 * 1928 - Marcelo Adonay (70), Filipino composer and conductor
 * 1928 - Theodor Curtius (70), German chemist
 * 1942 - Fritz Todt (50), German engineer and minister in the Third Reich
 * 1953 - Marius Cornelis van Houten (73), Dutch military and museum director
 * 1957 - John von Neumann (53), Hungarian-American mathematician
 * 1966 - Martien Beversluis (71), Dutch writer and poet
 * 1969 - Kurt Kuhnke (58), German racing driver
 * 1974 - Fritz Zwicky (75), Swiss astronomer
 * 1975 - Robert Robinson (88), British chemist
 * 1979 - Arthur May (75), Surinamese politician and Prime Minister (1969)
 * 1980 - Zezé Procopio (66), Brazilian footballer
 * 1984 - Karel Miljon (80), Dutch boxer
 * 1987 - Henry Cuckoo (74), Dutch politician
 * 1990 - Del Shannon (55), American entertainer
 * 1991 - Pier Giacomo Pisoni (62), Italian historian and archivist palaeographer
 * 1991 - Maurice Troostwijk, Dutch lawyer and politician
 * 1997 - Jan Spillage (58), Dutch football coach
 * 1999 - Iris Murdoch (79), Irish writer
 * 2001 - Giuseppe Casoria (92), Italian curial cardinal
 * 2001 - Theo Klouwer (53), Dutch drummer
 * 2002 - Zizinho (80), Brazilian footballer
 * 2005 - Gaston Rahier (58), Belgian motocross rider
 * 2005 - Jimmy Smith (79), American jazz organist
 * 2006 - Larry Black (54), U.S. athlete
 * 2006 - Ron Greenwood (84), English footballer and football coach
 * 2006 - Akira Ifukube (91), Japanese composer and violinist
 * 2007 - Anna Nicole Smith (39), American model and actress
 * 2008 - Eva Dahlbeck (87), Swedish actress
 * 2009 - Marian Cozma (26), Romanian handball player
 * 2009 - Terry Spencer (90), British war photographer
 * 2010 - Isidore Van de Wiele (85), Belgian athlete
 * 2011 - Luiz Bueno (74), Brazilian racing driver
 * 2011 - Marie-Rose Morel (38) Belgian politician
 * 2011 - Eugenio Toussaint (56), Mexican composer and pianist
 * 2013 - Giovanni Cheli (94), Italian Cardinal
 * 2013 - Ian Lister (65), Scottish footballer
 * 2014 - Els Borst (81), Dutch politician
 * 2014 - Philippe Mahut (57), French footballer
 * 2014 - Maicon (25), Brazilian footballer

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Dies Natalis of the University of Leiden
 * Anniversary of Slovenian poet France Prešeren, national holiday of Slovenia
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * St. Jerome Emiliani († 1537 ) - Free Remembrance
 * Saint Josephine Bakhita († 1947 ) - Free Remembrance
 * Holy Me (i) ngold (Huy) († 892 )
 * Saint John of Matha († 1213 )
 * Holy Juventius (Pavia) († 2nd century (?))
 * Blessed Jacoba (Frangipani) († 1239 )

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1942 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -9.4 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.1 ° C
 * 1942 - Lowest minimum temperature -17.6 ° C
 * 1990 - Highest maximum temperature 14.5 ° C
 * 1946 - Highest hourly average wind speed 14.9 m / s
 * 1936 - Longest sunshine duration 8.6 hours
 * 1946 - Longest rainfall duration 22.3 hours
 * 1946 - Top etmaalsom precipitation 53.9mm
 * 1917 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 59%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1942 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -10.4 ° ​​C
 * 1990 and 1912 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.9 ° C
 * 1895 - Lowest minimum temperature -15.3 ° C
 * 2008 and 1912 - Highest maximum temperature 14.5 ° C
 * 1946 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 20.8 mm
 * 1984 - Total Rainfall in Chiny: 147 mm 3 to February 8th.
 * 1988 - Tornado causes damage between Gistel and Bredene, near Ostend.