Tuesday, 8 February 2011

On This Day - 8th February


1820 William Tecumseh Sherman born
1828 Jules Verne born
1902 Lyle Talbot born
1921 Freddie Blassie and Lana Turner born
1924 Audrey Meadows born
1925 Jack Lemmon born
1931 James Dean born
1932 John Williams born
1940 Nick Nolte and Ted Koppel born
1942 Robert Klein born
1952 Princess Elizabeth proclaims herself Queen at a ceremony in St James's Palace, London.
1962 - At least eight people have been killed during a demonstration in the French capital protesting against the independence of Algeria.
1968 Gary Coleman and Claudette Pace born
1974 Three US astronauts return safely to Earth after a record-breaking stay in space and Seth Green born
1977 David "Phoenix" Farrell born
1979 Josh Keaton born
1983 - Ariel Sharon is removed from office in the Israeli government following a tribunal into the 1982 killings of hundreds of people in two refugee camps.
1994 - Forensic scientists investigate the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of Conservative MP for Eastleigh Stephen Milligan.
2005 - The Palestinian leader and Israeli prime minister declare a truce amid hopes of a "new era of peace".

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