February 8

This page lists news articles and events for February 8.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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Recurring Events

One-time Events/News

• 1809:
  • Event: Austria declares war on France.
• 1856:
  • Event: Abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher publishes an article encouraging people to send rifles to anti-slavery settlers in Kansas; these rifles become known as ''Beecher's Bibles"
• 2008:
  • News: Dubai tourists warned over tough drug stance
  • News: FBI Deputizes Private Contractors With Extraordinary Powers, Including 'Shoot to Kill'