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Doctor Duffy · 01-14-2006, 07:41 PM

February 8th in History
1725: Catherine the Great becomes the Empress of Russia
1924: Gas chamber used for the first time in an American state prison
1926: Walt Disney Studios is formed
1942: Congress advises FDR that Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort
1969: Last edition of Saturday Evening Post, which used to carry Norman Rockwell covers.
1969: First test flight of the Boeing 747 Jumbo jet
1973: Senate names seven members to investigate Watergate scandal
1974: The US spacestation, Skylab, crashes back to Earth, breaking up in the atmosphere

February 8th birthdays
1819: John Ruskin, English writer and artist
1820: William Sherman, US general whom the 'Sherman Tank' was named after
1828: Jules Verne, French author
1920: Lana Turner, American film actress
1925: Jack Lemmon, Veteran American film actor
1931: James Dean, American film actor ('Rebel Without A Cause')
1932: John Williams, US film score writer

Check that out, James Dean was born as the same day as I was.

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Doctor Duffy is Offline Senior Member Posts: 5,825 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Banned	01-14-2006, 07:41 PM February 8th in History 1725: Catherine the Great becomes the Empress of Russia 1924: Gas chamber used for the first time in an American state prison 1926: Walt Disney Studios is formed 1942: Congress advises FDR that Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort 1969: Last edition of Saturday Evening Post, which used to carry Norman Rockwell covers. 1969: First test flight of the Boeing 747 Jumbo jet 1973: Senate names seven members to investigate Watergate scandal 1974: The US spacestation, Skylab, crashes back to Earth, breaking up in the atmosphere February 8th birthdays 1819: John Ruskin, English writer and artist 1820: William Sherman, US general whom the 'Sherman Tank' was named after 1828: Jules Verne, French author 1920: Lana Turner, American film actress 1925: Jack Lemmon, Veteran American film actor 1931: James Dean, American film actor ('Rebel Without A Cause') 1932: John Williams, US film score writer Check that out, James Dean was born as the same day as I was.