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1922 : Radio installed at the White House On 8th february,1922, President Harding had a radio installed at the White House.
1962 : Charonne Massacre On February 8, 1962, following a wave of bombings by OAS, an anti-OAS demonstration, organized by the Communist Party, was violently suppressed by the police. 9 people were killed.
1983 : Aga Khan's horse, Shergar, stolen On February 8, 1983, Shergar, a 5-year-old stallion, belonging to the Aga Khan which was worth $13.5 million was stolen in Ireland. The horse has never been found, and the kidnappers have never been identified.
2002 : Salt Lake City Winter Olympics On February 8th, 2002 the Winter Olympics Games opened in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 234 medals were distributed with 4 for the Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen who won the gold medal in the 4 races of the discipline.

Jules Verne
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

Agrippa d'Aubigné, Poeta francés (1552)
Samuel Butler, Poeta Inglés (1612)
Jacques Cassini, Astrónomo francés (1677)
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, Historiador francés (1685)
Sakuramachi, Emperador de Japón (1720)
William Tecumseh Sherman, General estadounidense (1820)
Jules Verne, Escritor francés (1828)
Dmitri Mendeleev, Químico ruso (1834)
Charles Ruggles, Actor americano (1886)
King Vidor, Director de cine americano (1894)
Elizabeth Bishop, Poeta americana (1911)
William Darby, Oficial del Ejército estadounidense (1911)
Lana Turner, Actriz americana (1921)
Jack Lemmon, Actor y director de cine americano (1925)
James Dean, Actor americano (1931)
John Williams, Compositore e direttore d'orchestra americano (1932)
Nick Nolte, Actor americano (1941)
Ron Tyson, Cantante americano (The Temptations) (1948)
Mary Steenburgen, Actriz americana (1953)
Bruno Labbadia, Futbolista alemán (1966)
Gary Coleman, Actor americano (1968)
Seth Green, Actor americano (1974)
Stephen Wright, Futbolista Inglés (1980)
Carolina Kostner, Patinadora italiana (1987)

Mary, Reina de los escoceses (1587)
Pierre le Grand, Zar de Rusia (1725)
François Antoine Habeneck, Violinista francés (1849)
Walther Bothe, Físico alemán, premio Nobel (1957)
Robert Robinson, Químico Inglés, Premio Nobel (1975)
Halldór Laxness, Escritor islandés, Premio Nobel (1998)
Ong Teng Cheong, Presidente de Singapur (2002)
Anna Nicole Smith, Modelo americano (2007)