Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 8
February 8, 2025 is the 39th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 8
- 1837 –Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
- 1887 –The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- 1922 –President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.
- 1924 –Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
- 1952 –Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
- 1959 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
- 1963 –The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
- 1968 –American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town’s only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
- 1971 –The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
- 2001 –Disney California Adventure Park opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Who were born on February 8?
- 1847 –Hugh Price Hughes, English social reformer (d. 1902)
- 1882 –Thomas Etholen Selfridge, American military officer and airplane crash victim (d. 1908)
- 1921 –Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1944 –Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor
- 1948 –Ron Tyson, American singer (The Temptations)
- 1960 –Stuart Hamm, American bassist (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai)
- 1963 –Joshua Kadison, American pianist and songwriter
- 1977 –Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
- 1988 –Rucha Hasabnis, Indian TV actress
- 1998 –Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer
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