A collection of events and birthdays that happened in history on Feb 8.
Events
1861: Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Alabama (US Civil War)
1915: D. W. Griffith’s silent film “The Birth of a Nation” opens at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles – first 12-reel film in America
1922: Radio arrives at the White House
1928: Scottish inventor Joh Logie Baird demonstrates colourTV
1974: “Good Times” debuts on CBS TV
1981: US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1987: Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
Famous Birthdays
1828: Jules Verne, writer “Father of Science Fiction” (Around the World in 80 days), born in Nantes, France
1920: Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress
1925: Jack Lemmon, actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1931: James Dean, Marion IN, stage/film actor
1955: John Grisham, writer
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