February 8 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for February 8
In the headlines today:

1999	A funeral service is held in Amman, Jordan, for King Hussein, who died the day before of cancer.
1990	CBS News suspends 60 Minutes humorist Andy Rooney for racial comments he supposedly made in a magazine interview, even though Rooney denied the claim.
1989	144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores.
1978	US Senate deliberations are broadcast live on radio for the first time.
1974	The three-man crew of the NASA space station, Skylab, return to Earth after completing a lengthy 84-day mission.
1973	The Senate names the seven members of a special committee to investigate the Watergate scandal.
1968	Three college students are killed in a clash with the South Carolina highway patrol, during a civil rights protest in Orangeburg.
1967	The Beatles record the rhythm track for Good Morning Good Morning, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1924	The gas chamber at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City is used for the first time.
1915	The Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith's silent movie Civil War epic, premieres in Los Angeles.
1910	The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated.
1904	The Russo-Japanese War begins.
1863	Nathan Hale, American journalist and author, dies.
1587	Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), is beheaded for treason at the request of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England.