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What happened in history on this day: February 8?
On February 8 in ...
- 1928 - Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV.
- 1952 - NBC TV debuts The RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day.
- 1974 - TV soap opera The Secret Storm ends a 20-year run.
- 1974 - CBS TV debuts the sitcom Good Times, starring Jimmie Walker.
- 2004 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.
Record of the Year: Coldplay for "Clocks";
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Christina Aguilera for "Beautiful";
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Justin Timberlake for "Cry Me A River";
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Pink for "Trouble";
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Dave Matthews for "Gravedigger";
Best Short Form Music Video: Johnny Cash for "Hurt"
- 2009 - In London, England, the British Academy Film Awards are presented:
Best film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best leading actress: Kate Winslet for The Reader
Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Best leading actor: Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best British film: Man on Wire
Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionare
Best adapted screenplay: Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Best production design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best visual effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best make-up and hair: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best original screenplay: In Bruges
Best short animated film: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Orange Rising Star Award: Noel Clarke
Best foreign language film: I've Loved You So Long
Bafta Fellowship: Terry Gilliam
Births on February 8
- 1882 - Birth of George Siegmann; actor (Birth of a Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist).
- 1885 - Birth of Edith Evans in London, England; actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield).
- 1886 - Birth of Charlie Ruggles in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (The Ruggles, Aesop - The Bullwinkle Show).
- 1895 - Birth of King Vidor; director (War and Peace, Stella Dallas).
- 1896 - Birth of Orville Caldwell in California, USA; actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning).
- 1902 - Birth of Lyle Talbot [Lysle Hollywood] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Glen or Glenda).
- 1908 - Birth of Myron McCormick in Albany, New York, USA; actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again).
- 1919 - Birth of Buddy Morrow; orchestra leader (The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Jimmie Rodgers Show).
- 1921 - Birth of Lana Turner in Wallace, Idaho, USA; actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest).
- 1925 - Birth of Jack Lemmon in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing).
- 1926 - Birth of Audrey Meadows in Wu Chang, China; actress (Alice - Honeymooners).
- 1927 - Birth of Stanley Baker in Ferndale, Wales; actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu).
- 1930 - Birth of Alejandro Rey in Buenos Aires, Argentina; actor (Carlos - The Flying Nun).
- 1931 - Birth of James Dean in Marion, Indiana, USA; American stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause) (dies 1955).
- 1933 - Birth of Jack Larson in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Jimmy Olsen - Superman).
- 1937 - Birth of Manfred Krug in Duisburg, Germany; actor (Boxer).
- 1940 - Birth of Susan Clark in Ontario, Canada; actress (Katherine - Webster).
- 1941 - Birth of Nick Nolte in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actor (Under Fire, Lorenzo's Oil, Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40).
- 1942 - Birth of Robert Klein in the Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals).
- 1949 - Birth of Brooke Adams in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Cynthia - OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers).
- 1949 - Birth of Julia Barr in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; actress (Brooke - All My Children).
- 1953 - Birth of Mary Steenburgen in Newport, Arkansas, USA; actress (Parenthood, Time After Time).
- 1955 - Birth of Ethan Phillips; actor (Neelix - Star Trek: Voyager).
- 1965 - Birth of Mathilda May in Paris, France; actress (Lifeforce).
- 1968 - Birth of Gary Coleman in Zion, Illinois, USA; actor (Arnold - Diff'rent Strokes).
- 1969 - Birth of Mary McCormack; actress (Murder One, Private Parts).
- 1974 - Birth of Seth Green; American actor (Austin Powers movies, voice of Chris, Griffin in Family Guy), creator of Robot Chicken TV series).
- 1975 - Birth of Joshua Morrow in Juneau, Alaska, USA; actor (Nicholas Newman - The Young and the Restless).
- 1981 - Birth of Tommy Michaels in Staten Island, New York; actor (Timmy Hutton - All My Children).
Deaths on February 8
- 1946 - Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, Three Musketeers), dies at age 57.
- 1953 - Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at age 63.
- 1954 - Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at age 73.
- 1961 - William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at age 81.
- 1963 - Death of George Dolenz at age 55 of a heart attack; actor (The Count of Monte Cristo TV show).
- 1964 - Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at age 91.
- 1975 - Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado), dies at age 75.
- 1985 - Marvin Miller, American actor (Michael Anthony of The Millionaire), dies at age 71 (born 1913).
- 1985 - Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at age 75.
- 1987 - Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale - Beverly Hillbillies), dies.
- 1988 - Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at age 67.
- 1992 - Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at age 93.
- 1993 - Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at age 73.
- 1993 - Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at age 82.
- 2005 - Death of George Herman at age 85; CBS TV newsman, moderator (Face the Nation TV program).
- 2007 - American model and television personality Anna Nicole Smith AKA Vickie Lynn Hogan AKA Nikki Hart dies of combined drug intoxication in Hollywood, Florida at age 39 (born 1967); model (Playboy magazine Playmate of the Year (1993)), actor (Naked Gun 33 1/3 movie (1994)).
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