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Historical Events on February 8

  • Mongol Empire

    1238

    The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: Japan invades Singapore.

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.

  • Elizabeth II

    1952

    Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.

  • Cuba

    1963

    Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

  • American civil rights movement

    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.

  • General Motors

    1993

    General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.

  • United States Congress

    1996

    The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

  • Sri Lankan Civil War

    2005

    Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.

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