Daily Calendar for Saturday, February 8, 2025

French and Indians attacked Schenectady, New York– 1690
College of William & Mary chartered.– 1693
Simon Willard granted patent for the banjo clock– 1802
Sandford Fleming proposed Universal Standard Time, Toronto, Ontario– 1879
Boy Scouts of America incorporated– 1910
Stars and Stripes newspaper published for the first time– 1918
President Harding had the first radio installed in the White House– 1922
Jay Berwanger became the first player to be drafted by the National Football League– 1936
JFK administration banned travel of U.S. citizens to Cuba– 1963
Last issue of Saturday Evening Post until the magazine’s 1971 re-emergence– 1969
Debi Thomas won Women’s Singles, U.S. National Figure Skating Championship– 1986
Disney’s California Adventure Park opened– 2001

Great Arctic outbreak in the Southeast. 8 degrees F in Jacksonville, Florida—extensive crop damage– 1835
The Lindsay Storm left 20 inches of snow in New York City, where areas went unplowed for more than a week– 1969
The beaches of Malibu were hit by a winter snowstorm, which also created traffic jams in the Los Angeles area– 1989
Snow fell in Los Angeles, California– 1989