I wikipediad February 8th.

This is just a portion of what this day is all about...

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of the year (327 in leap years).

1587 - Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.

1692 - A doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials.

1924 - Capital punishment: The first state execution using gas in the United States takes place in Nevada.

1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.

And hey, James Dean was born today...Nick Nolte was born...and it's Nirvana Day - an annual Buddhist festival.

just saying.

latr.

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