{"id":18453,"date":"2024-02-08T04:44:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T23:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=18453"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:02:46","slug":"history-of-8-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-8-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 8 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>History of 8 February<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;U.S. President Jimmy Carter&nbsp;announced a plan to re-introduce draft registration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;The Dukes of Hazzard&#8221; ended its 6-1\/2 year run on CBS television.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong> &#8211; General Motors sued NBC, alleging that &#8220;Dateline NBC&#8221; had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that some GM pickups were prone to fires after certain types of crashes. The suit was settled the following day by NBC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; The exhibit &#8220;Places of Their Own&#8221; opened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The works displayed were by Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe, Frida Kahlo and Emily Carr.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2005<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP&nbsp;A. Chandranehru&nbsp;dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A freak storm in the&nbsp;Hindu Kush&nbsp;mountains of&nbsp;Afghanistan&nbsp;triggers a series of at least&nbsp;36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;A blizzard&nbsp;disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A&nbsp;hotel fire&nbsp;in&nbsp;Medina, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;kills 15&nbsp;Egyptian&nbsp;pilgrims with 130 others injured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Steve Gohouri, Ivorian footballer (d. 2015)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Jim Verraros, American singer and actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canadian skier<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Cecily Strong, American actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Petra Cetkovsk\u00e1, Czech tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Javi Garc\u00eda, Spanish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Julio Jones, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1989<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Courtney Vandersloot, American basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Emily Scarratt, English rugby union player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Klay Thompson, American professional basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Nam Woo-hyun,South Korean singer and actor with the boy band Infinite.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Carl Jenkinson, English-Finnish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Hakan \u00c7alhano\u011flu, Turkish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013&nbsp;Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Joshua Kimmich, German footb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 8 February 1980 &#8211;&nbsp;U.S. President Jimmy Carter&nbsp;announced a plan to re-introduce draft registration. 1985 &#8211; 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