About February 8

February 8, 2025 is the 39th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 374 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 8

  • 1693 –
    The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
  • 1726 –
    The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
  • 1807 –
    Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
  • 1817 –
    Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
  • 1837 –
    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.
  • 1856 –
    Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.
  • 1879 –
    Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • 1879 –
    The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney.
  • 1887 –
    The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
  • 1915 –
    D.W. Griffith’s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.
  • 1946 –
    The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
  • 1949 –
    Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.
  • 1959 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
  • 1962 –
    Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
  • 1963 –
    Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
  • 1969 –
    Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • 1978 –
    Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
  • 1993 –
    General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.

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