8th of February in History
What happened on the 8th of February in history?
Change Date:
- 1587
Mary - Queen of Scots beheaded
- 1672
Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
- 1693
Charter granted for College of William & Mary - 2nd college in US
- 1861
Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery - Ala
- 1883
Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen
- 1910
Boy Scouts of America founded
- 1911
US helps to overthrow Miguel D vila - president of Honduras
- 1922
Radio arrives in the White House
- 1926
Walt Disney Studios formed
- 1957
SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
- 1969
Meteorite weighing over one ton is recovered in Chihuahua - Mexico
- 1974
Skylab 4's astronauts land
- 1975
Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders
- 1977
Earthquake in SF - at 5.0 - strongest since 1966
- 1984
Soyuz T-10 is launched