Page 6: Historical Events In February - 08
Sunday, 09 February 2025
1922 On February - 08 joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
1923 On this day in history coal mine explosion at Dawson NM kills 120
1923 On February - 08 german NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
1923 On this day in history coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
1923 On February - 08 andrew MacElhone, bar owner
1924 On this day in history gas chamber used for the first time in an American state prison
1924 The first coast-to-coast radio hookup General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago on February - 08.
1924 On this day in history the gas chamber at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City is used for the first time.
1924 1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic on this day in history.
1924 Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners) on this day in history.
1924 Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies on this day in history.
1925 Kaufman &Berlin's "coconuts," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.
1925 The birth of Jack Lemmon, Veteran American film actor on February - 08.
1925 Kaufman & Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1925 On this day in history alvin Brehm, composer
1926 On February - 08 german Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership
1926 On this day in history walt Disney Studios is formed
1927 On February - 08 belgian-Swiss treaty signed
1927 On this day in history john T Myers, (Rep-R-IN, 1967- )
1928 Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history the first transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale NY
1928 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY on this day in history.
1929 On February - 08 kOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1 on February - 08.
1931 On this day in history gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
1931 On this day in history james Dean actor and singer was born
1931 On this day in history the birth of James Dean, American film actor ('Rebel Without A Cause')
1932 The birth of John Williams, US film score writer on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
1933 On February - 08 -23ºF (-31ºC), Seminole TX (state record)
1933 First flight of all-metal Boeing 247 on February - 08.
1933 On this day in history -23°F (-31°C), Seminole, Texas (state record)
1934 Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington DC on February - 08.
1934 Gaston Doumergue forms new French government on this day in history.
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