Feb 8 1974 Astronauts return from the final Skylab mission after 85 days in spaceFeb 8 1968 The movie Planet of the Apes is released in the US Feb 8 1967 Sir Victor Gollancz, publisher who helped Jews escape from Germany in World War II, dies Feb 8 1957 John von Neumann, mathematician, dies in Washington D.C. Feb 8 1924 The first execution in the U.S. by lethal gas takes place in Nevada Feb 8 1922 A radio is installed in the White House by President Harding Feb 8 1920 Odessa is taken by the Bolsheviks Feb 8 1918 The first World War I edition of the US Military paper 'Stars and Stripes' is delivered Feb 8 1910 The Boy Scouts of America was founded Feb 8 1872 Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India, is murdered Feb 8 1861 Seven southern states join together to form The Confederate States of America Feb 8 1837 For the only time in U.S. history, the U.S. Senate chooses the Vice President after no candidate receives a majority vote. They select Richard Johnson Feb 8 1587 Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle after having been imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth for 19 years
Birthdays
Feb 8 1940 Ted Koppel, newsman Feb 8 1940 Nick Nolte, actor Feb 8 1931 James Dean, US actor from the movie 'Rebel without a Cause' Feb 8 1925 Jack Lemmon, actor who won Oscars for 'Mr. Roberts' and 'Save the Tiger' Feb 8 1920 Lana Turner, actress who was known as the 'sweater girl', is born in Wallace, Idaho Feb 8 1894 King Wallis Vidor, US film director who filmed 'The Crowd' Feb 8 1828 Jules Verne, author, is born in Nantes, France Feb 8 1820 William Sherman, Civil War general Feb 8 1819 John Ruskin, English writer and critic Feb 8 1795 Friedlieb F. Runge, father of paper chromatography Feb 8 1700 Daniel Bernoulli, mathematician and physicist and son of Johann Bernoulli