February 8 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2014 — A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured. ↗
• 2013 — A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and... ↗
• 2010 — A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road,... ↗
• 2005 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day. ↗
• 1996 — The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1996 — Kenedy, Brazilian footballer
• 1995 — Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
• 1994 — Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
• 1994 — Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer