What Day of the Week

February 8, 2020 was the 39^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 327 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 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.
• 1904

  Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1915

  D.W. Griffith’s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 1924

  Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
• 1952

  Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
• 1959

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
• 1989

  An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in the Azores, killing 144.
• 1996

  The massive Internet collaboration “24 Hours in Cyberspace” takes place.
• 2001

  Disney California Adventure Park opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.

• 1700

  Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (d. 1782)
• 1792

  Queen Caroline Augusta of Bavaria of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1873)
• 1847

  Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)
• 1893

  Ba Maw, Burmese politician (d. 1977)
• 1906

  Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1968)
• 1949

  Brooke Adams, American actress
• 1951

  Z'EV, American text/sound artist
• 1961

  Vince Neil, American singer (Mötley Crüe)
• 1969

  Shiva Rose, American actress
• 1970

  Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player

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