What Happened In February 2008 In History

Historical Events for February, 2008

• 5th » A 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak known as major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
• 11th » Rebel East Timorese soldiers 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts named seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
• 11th » Namdaemun, a 550-year-old gate in South Korea, was 2008 Namdaemun fire or toppled by fire.
• 13th » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
• 14th » Northern Illinois University shooting: a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall of the DeKalb County, Illinois university resulting in 6 fatalities (including gunman) and 21 injuries.
• 17th » Kosovo 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence e.g declares independence as the Republic of Kosovo.
• 23rd » A United States Air Force named U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident known as crashes on Guam. It is the first operational loss of a B-2.
• 24th » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.

Famous Deaths for February 2008

• 1st » Beto Carrero, Brazilian businessman (b. 1937)
• 2nd » Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor (b. 1918)
• 2nd » Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)
• 4th » Endel Aruja, Estonian physicist (b. 1911)
• 4th » Stefan Meller, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (b. 1942)
• 5th » Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918)
• 6th » John McWethy, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 6th » Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 7th » Tamara Desni, German-English actress (b. 1913)
• 8th » Frank J. Dixon, American immunologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 8th » Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
• 8th » Phyllis Whitney, American author (b. 1903)
• 9th » Scot Halpin, American drummer (b. 1954)
• 9th » Christopher Hyatt American occultist and author (b. 1943)
• 9th » Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
• 9th » Mindrolling Trichen, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1930)
• 10th » Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
• 10th » Adeline Geo-Karis, American politician (b. 1918)
• 10th » Steve Gerber, American author (b. 1947)
• 10th » Ron Leavitt, American television writer and producer (b. 1947)
• 11th » Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
• 11th » Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)
• 12th » Oscar Brodney, American lawyer and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 13th » Henri Salvador, French singer (b. 1917)
• 13th » Roger Voisin, French-American trumpet player (b. 1918)
• 15th » Ashley Callie, South African actress (b. 1976)
• 15th » Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli journalist and historian (b. 1934)
• 15th » Johnny Weaver, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1935)
• 17th » Brian Harris (footballer) e.g Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
• 18th » Dick Knowles, English politician (b. 1917)
• 18th » Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (b. 1955)
• 18th » Mickey Renaud, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1988)
• 18th » Alain Robbe-Grillet, French author and director (b. 1922)
• 19th » Yegor Letov, Russian singer-songwriter (Grazhdanskaya Oborona) (b. 1964)
• 19th » Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer (b. 1945)
• 21st » Ben Chapman (actor) called Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
• 21st » Neil Chotem, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1920)
• 21st » Sunny Lowry, English swimmer (b. 1911)
• 22nd » Henk Bruna, Dutch publisher (b. 1916)
• 22nd » Nunzio Gallo, Italian singer (b. 1928)
• 23rd » Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
• 23rd » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American union leader (b. 1916)
• 23rd » Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)
• 23rd » Denis Lazure, Canadian politician (b. 1925)
• 24th » Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 25th » Ashley Cooper (racing driver) known as Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980)
• 25th » Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge (b. 1912)
• 25th » Static Major, American rapper and producer (Playa (band) or Playa) (b. 1974)
• 26th » Dick Fletcher, American meteorologist (b. 1942)
• 26th » Buddy Miles, American drummer and songwriter (Band of Gypsies and Electric Flag) (b. 1947)
• 27th » Ivan Rebroff, German singer (b. 1931)
• 27th » William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the 'National Review' (b. 1925)
• 27th » Boyd Coddington, American motorcycle designer (b. 1944)
• 27th » Myron Cope, American sportscaster (b. 1929)
• 28th » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (b. 1904)
• 28th » Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) called Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
• 29th » Janet Kagan, American author (b. 1946)
• 29th » Erik Ortvad, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1917)

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