February 8 Events

2011 The head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, Major General Lo Hsien-che is arrested for leaking secrets to China
2011 North and South Korean officials meet for working-level military talks, the first Korean dialogue in eight months
2010 U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavor launches from the Kennedy Space Center, successfully beginning a two-week mission to the International Space Station
2004 46th Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Outkast, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake win major awards
1998 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
1998 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at New York City
1998 NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
1996 NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind
1995 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
1994 Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car
1994 Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
1994 Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm
1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
1993 General Motors sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
1992 "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1
1992 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
1992 Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
1990 David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London
1990 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
1989 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
1989 U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
1988 NASA launches DOD-2
1987 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
1987 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
1986 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1985 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados
1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot
1985 Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)
1985 Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 1st time 8 people in space
1984 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation
1984 Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
1983 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at New York Islander
1983 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days
1983 Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," premieres in New York City
1983 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
1982 Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)
1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 12 performances