February 8: Day Of The Week
February 8, 2013 is the 39th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| February | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
Aquarius is the zodiac 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.
February 8 Historical Events
- 1238 –The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
- 1726 –The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
- 1807 –Battle of Eylau – Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen.
- 1948 –The formal creation of the Korean People’s Army of North Korea is announced.
- 1949 –Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.
- 1963 –Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
- 1974 –After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
- 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.
- 1996 –The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
- 2035 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 8?
- 1762 –Emperor Gia Long the founded the Nguyễn Dynasty, the last of the Vietnamese dynasties (d. 1820)
- 1807 –Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist (d. 1889)
- 1825 –Henry Walter Bates, English naturalist and explorer (d. 1892)
- 1911 –Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (d. 1979)
- 1941 –Nick Nolte, American actor
- 1948 –Lynda Lyon Block, American convicted murderer (d. 2002)
- 1948 –Ron Tyson, American singer (The Temptations)
- 1960 –Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Josh Keaton, American actor and singer
- 1988 –Ryan Pinkston, American actor
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