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FEBRUARY 8, 421
Honorius declared Constantius III to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
Honorius was Roman emperor from 393 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1910
William D. Boyce (pictured) established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.
William Dickson Boyce was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts of Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1587
Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.
Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
FEBRUARY 8, 1879
Angered by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England team during a match in Sydney, Australia.
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1575
William of Orange founded Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands.
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange, was the leader of the Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1960
The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.
Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, turf-cutting, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1837
Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.
Richard Mentor Johnson was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1968
Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.
Orangeburg, also known as The Burg, is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1601
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, he was placed Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.
The 2010 Salang avalanches consisted of a series of at least 36 avalanches that struck the southern approach to the Salang Tunnel, Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1924
Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.
Gee Jon was a Chinese national who was the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas. A Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1965
After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located Read More
FEBRUARY 8, 1250
Seventh Crusade: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King Louis IX of France at the Battle of Fariskur.
The Seventh Crusade (1248–1254) was the first of the two Crusades led by Louis IX of France. Also known as the Crusade Read More

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