February 8th (2014) was a Saturday. 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, 2014
» A 2014 Medina hotel fire e.g hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 also injured.
February 8th Famous Deaths for 2014
» Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (b. 1946)
» Dick Berk, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1939)
» Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)
» Finbarr Dwyer, Irish accordion player (b. 1946)
» Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)
» Keith Hughes (basketball) e.g Keith Hughes, American basketball player (b. 1968)
» Richard Peirse (RAF officer) named Richard Peirse, English air marshal (b. 1931)
» Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
» Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (b. 1934)
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)