On This Day: February 8, 2012
Birthdays:| 1819 | John Ruskin, English writer and artist | | 1820 | William Sherman, US general whom the 'Sherman Tank' was named after | | 1828 | Jules Verne, French author of '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' | | 1920 | Lana Turner, American film actress | | 1925 | Jack Lemmon, Veteran American film actor | | 1931 | James Dean, American film actor ('Rebel Without A Cause') | | 1932 | John Williams, US film score writer; 'Jaws' & 'Indiana Jones' |
Events:| 1725 | Catherine the Great became the Empress of Russia | | 1886 | A protest march in Trafalgar Square, by unemployed, ended in riots and looting | | 1924 | The gas chamber was used for the first time in an American state prison | | 1955 | Marshall Bulganin became the Soviet Prime Minister & 1st Secretary of the Communist Party | | 1969 | The first test flight of the Boeing 747, Jumbo jet, took place | | 1974 | The US spacestation, Skylab, crashed back to Earth, breaking up in the atmosphere | | 1984 | British peacekeeping troops left the Lebanon | | 1992 | The 16th Olympic Winter Games opened in Albertville, France | | 1994 | Los Angeles, after an earthqauke & fires, was struk by flooding & mud slides |
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