| February 8th 1930 | | "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
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| February 8th 1931 | | Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
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| February 8th 1933 | | 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
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| February 8th 1933 | | -23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)
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| February 8th 1934 | | Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC
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| February 8th 1934 | | Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt
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| February 8th 1935 | | 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
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| February 8th 1936 | | Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
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| February 8th 1936 | | 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers
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| February 8th 1936 | | 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn
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| February 8th 1936 | | 1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
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| February 8th 1937 | | Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in NYC
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| February 8th 1940 | | Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in NYC
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| February 8th 1940 | | Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland
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| February 8th 1941 | | NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
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