Daily Calendar for Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Died
- Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) β
- John Hay Whitney (multimillionaire) β
- Raymond Scott (composer) β
- William Dillard, Sr. (founder of the retail chain Dillard’s) β
- Joe Edwards (cartoonist) β
Born
- Henry Walter Bates (naturalist) β
- Jules Verne (writer) β
- King Vidor (director of film) β
- Jack Lemmon (actor) β
- Thelma Chalifoux (politician) β
- James Dean (actor) β
- John Williams (composer) β
- Ted Koppel (newscaster) β
- Mary Steenburgen (actress) β
- John Grisham (author) β
- Seth Green (actor) β
- Jordan Todosey (actress) β
Events
- French and Indians attacked Schenectady, New York β
- College of William & Mary chartered. β
- Simon Willard granted patent for the banjo clock β
- Sandford Fleming proposed Universal Standard Time, Toronto, Ontario β
- Boy Scouts of America incorporated β
- Stars and Stripes newspaper published for the first time β
- President Harding had the first radio installed in the White House β
- Jay Berwanger became the first player to be drafted by the National Football League β
- JFK administration banned travel of U.S. citizens to Cuba β
- Last issue of Saturday Evening Post until the magazine’s 1971 re-emergence β
- Debi Thomas won Women’s Singles, U.S. National Figure Skating Championship β
- Disney’s California Adventure Park opened β
Weather
- Great Arctic outbreak in the Southeast. 8 degrees F in Jacksonville, Florida—extensive crop damage β
- The Lindsay Storm left 20 inches of snow in New York City, where areas went unplowed for more than a week β
- The beaches of Malibu were hit by a winter snowstorm, which also created traffic jams in the Los Angeles area β
- Snow fell in Los Angeles, California β
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