| February 8th 1985 | | 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
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| February 8th 1985 | | Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot
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| February 8th 1985 | | Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)
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| February 8th 1985 | | Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
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| February 8th 1986 | | 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
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| February 8th 1986 | | US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
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| February 8th 1987 | | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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| February 8th 1987 | | 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
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| February 8th 1988 | | NASA launches DOD-2
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| February 8th 1989 | | 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
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| February 8th 1989 | | Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
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| February 8th 1989 | | US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
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| February 8th 1990 | | David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London
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| February 8th 1990 | | "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
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| February 8th 1991 | | Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
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