February 8th (1963) was a Friday. It's the 36th day of the year (37th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 329 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 8th February, 1963
» Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
» The First full Color Television program in the World, publicly advertised, is broadcast in Mexico City by XHGC-TV, Channel 5, due to technical breakthrough advances made by Mexican Engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena.
Famous Birthdays on February 8 in 1963
» Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer
» Joshua Kadison, American singer-songwriter and pianist
February 8th Famous Deaths for 1963
» George Dolenz, American actor (b. 1908)
February 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Cuthmann of Steyning
» Saint Jerome Emiliani named Jerome Emiliani
» Josephine Bakhita
» Juventius of Pavia
» Meingold of Huy
» Saint Stephen of Muret known as Stephen of Muret
» February 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Feast of Orthodoxy can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated 42 days before Easter. (Orthodoxy)
» Parinirvana Day e.g Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism)