The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. Date: February 8, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)

Spanish Civil War: Republican forces establish the Interprovincial Council of Santander, Palencia and Burgos in Cantabria. Date: February 8, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Japan invades Singapore. Date: February 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet POWs from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde, Usedom. Date: February 8, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: British and Canadian forces commence Operation Veritable to occupy land between the Maas and Rhine rivers. Date: February 8, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North and replaced by the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea. Date: February 8, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. Date: February 8, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, proclaiming the House of Windsor and declaring that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor. Date: February 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nine protestors are killed at Charonne station, Paris, by French police under the command of ex-Vichy official and Parisian Prefect of Police Maurice Papon. Date: February 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party. Date: February 8, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)