| February 8th 1953 | | Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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| February 8th 1955 | | Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him
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| February 8th 1956 | | Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
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| February 8th 1957 | | SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
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| February 8th 1958 | | KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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| February 8th 1958 | | French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
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| February 8th 1958 | | Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
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| February 8th 1960 | | Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)
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| February 8th 1960 | | Congress opens hearings looking into payola
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| February 8th 1962 | | KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| February 8th 1962 | | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| February 8th 1963 | | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| February 8th 1963 | | AFL's Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
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| February 8th 1963 | | 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
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| February 8th 1964 | | Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London
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