American civil rights movement: An attack on Black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation leaves three dead and 28 injured in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Date: February 8, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day…
South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration into the country. Date: February 8, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space. Date: February 8, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
A dust storm hits Melbourne, resulting in the worst drought on record and severe weather conditions in the city. Date: February 8, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, making it one of the worst rail accidents in Canada. Date: February 8, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1986…
Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, killing all 144 passengers on board. Date: February 8, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people onboard both aircraft. Date: February 8, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others. Date: February 8, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 2010…
A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. Date: February 8, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured. Date: February 8, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)