February 08

Wednesday 08, 1989:

An Independent Air Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain in Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal killing 144.

Friday 08, 1963:

Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

Monday 08, 1960:

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

Saturday 08, 1936:

Jay Berwanger becomes the first person to be selected by a National Football League draft, by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Monday 08, 421:

Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire