In deaths:
| February 8th 1957 | | John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53
| | February 8th 1959 | | William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
| | February 8th 1961 | | William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81
| | February 8th 1963 | | Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48
| | February 8th 1963 | | George Dolenz, Italian actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55
| | February 8th 1964 | | Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
| | February 8th 1968 | | J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56
| | February 8th 1973 | | Herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies
| | February 8th 1974 | | Fern Andra, dies at 80
| | February 8th 1974 | | Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
| | February 8th 1975 | | Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75
| | February 8th 1979 | | Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82
| | February 8th 1982 | | John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76
| | February 8th 1985 | | Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71
| | February 8th 1985 | | Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
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