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What Happened On 8th February 1993 In History

February 8th (1993) was a Monday. 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, 1993

  • » General Motors Corporation known as 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.

February 8th Famous Deaths for 1993

  • » Nagalingam Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1920)

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)

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