In deaths:
| February 8th 1920 | | Richard Dehmel, writer, dies at 56
| | February 8th 1921 | | Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
| | February 8th 1924 | | Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies
| | February 8th 1932 | | Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
| | February 8th 1935 | | Max Liebermann, Ger impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87
| | February 8th 1937 | | Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75
| | February 8th 1942 | | Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
| | February 8th 1944 | | Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies
| | February 8th 1946 | | Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
| | February 8th 1947 | | Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
| | February 8th 1949 | | Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54
| | February 8th 1949 | | Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
| | February 8th 1953 | | Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63
| | February 8th 1954 | | Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
| | February 8th 1956 | | Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93
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