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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• 1250

  Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.
• 1726

  The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
• 1856

  Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.
• 1915

  D.W. Griffith’s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• 1921

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
• 1955

  The Government of Sindh abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km²) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 1963

  The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
• 1968

  American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town’s only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• 1971

  South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
• 2001

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

• 1866

  Moses Gomberg, Russian-born American chemist (d. 1947)
• 1890

  Claro M. Recto, Filipino nationalist (d. 1960)
• 1893

  Ba Maw, Burmese politician (d. 1977)
• 1936

  Larry Verne, American singer
• 1943

  Creed Bratton, American actor and musician
• 1958

  Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1971

  Andre El Haddad, Lebannon football referee
• 1973

  Keith McDonald, American baseball player
• 1977

  Mathieu Turcotte, Canadian short-track speed skater
• 1985

  Ben Anderson, New Zealand basketball player

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