* Astronomy

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RE: February 8th

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Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day is a Mahayana Buddhist holiday celebrated in East Asia.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47720497/nirvana-day/

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The 1570 Concepción earthquake occurred at 9:00, on February 8, 1570.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1570_Concepci%C3%B3n_earthquake

The Lesser Antilles earthquake occured on the 8th February, 1843
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51910833/1843-lesser-antilles-earthquake/

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The Battle of Al Mansurah was fought from February 8 to February 11, 1250
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Al_Mansurah#Historical_consequence

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The Jamalpur Workshop was established on the 8th day of February, 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47720491/jamalpur-workshop/

Leiden University was founded on the 8th February, 1575
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52563431/leiden-university/

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The last Skylab 4 astronauts returned to Earth on the 8th February, 1974
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46209548/skylab-4/

Soyuz T-10 was launched on the 8th February 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_T-10

The Ulysses, Jupiter Flyby in 1992

Spoiler

http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9213883/ulysses/

The maiden flight of the CZ-3A rocket was in 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_3A

STS-130 Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 09:14 UTC on 8 February 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-130

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José Armando López Falcón (8 February 1950) is a Cuban cosmonaut.
http://www.astronautix.com/astros/lopalcon.htm

Sandford Fleming proposed a single 24-hour clock in 1879
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52160746/sandford-fleming-1827-1915/

Henri Giffard (8 February 1825 - 14 April 1882) was a French engineer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Giffard

Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905) was a French author
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52563339/jules-verne-february-8-1828-march-24-1905/

Daniel Bernoulli (8 February 1700 - 17 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bernoulli

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (8 February 1834 - 2 February 1907), was a Russian chemist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47720594/dmitri-ivanovich-mendeleev-1834-1907/

Arlie O. Petters (born February 8, 1964) is a Belizean American mathematical physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlie_Petters

Hiroki Kosai (born 8 February 1933) is a Japanese astronomer with the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroki_Kosai

Ralph Hamilton Curtiss (8 February 1880 - 25 December 1929) was Director of the Detroit Observatory and professor of Astronomy at the University of Michigan
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1930PASP...42...37M

Bohdan Paczynski (8 February 1940 - 19 April 2007) was a Polish astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t11404839/bohdan-paczynski/

Emily Stewart Lakdawalla (born February 8, 1975) is Senior Editor of The Planetary Society, science writer and blogger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla

Vettius Valens (February 8, 120 - c. 175) was a 2nd-century Hellenistic astrologer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vettius_Valens

Proclus Lycaeus (8 February 412 - 17 April 485 AD), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclus

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NGC 1944 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653152/ngc-1944/

NGC 2161 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653128/ngc-2161/

NGC 2173 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653115/ngc-2173/

NGC 2190 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653104/ngc-2190/

NGC 2199 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653092/ngc-2199/

NGC 2209 was discovered by John Herschel on the 8th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653080/ngc-2209/

NGC 2318 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653064/ngc-2318/

NGC 2378 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 8th February 1878.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56653048/ngc-2378/

NGC 2663 was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 8th February 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652977/ngc-2663/

NGC 2763 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652943/ngc-2763/

NGC 2781 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652923/ngc-2781/

NGC 2902 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652911/ngc-2902/

NGC 4035 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652887/ngc-4035/

NGC 4724 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652865/ngc-4724/

NGC 4727 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652814/ngc-4727/

NGC 4756 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50354111/ngc-4756-and-ngc-5328/

NGC 4856 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652728/ngc-4856/

NGC 4877 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652709/ngc-4877/

NGC 4899 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652669/ngc-4899/

NGC 4902 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652634/ngc-4902/

NGC 4984 was discovered by William Herschel using on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652613/ngc-4984/

NGC 5073 was discovered by William Herschel on the 8th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56652525/ngc-5073/

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Herse, a satellite of Jupiter, was discovered on 8 February 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herse_(moon)

Asteroid (283) Emma was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 8, 1889, in Nice, France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/283_Emma

The Devil's Footprints is a name given to a phenomenon that occurred in Devon, England, in 1855
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41044246/devils-footprints-phenomenon-1855/

Alpha-Centaurid meteor shower peak on the 8th February
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40414973/alpha-centaurid-meteor-shower/

1894 February 8, 0:28 p.m. A fireball in sunshine
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56650649/fireball-1894-february-8/

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Meteorites

The Amber (L6) meteorite was first discovered in Oklahoma, USA, in 1934.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55120643/amber-meteorite/

The Allende (CV3) meteorite fell in Chihuahua, Mexico, on the 8th February, 1969.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41044211/allende-meteorite/

The Grove Mountains 99027 meteorite was found on February 8, 2000, in Antarctica
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55120643/amber-meteorite/

The Al Zarnkh (LL5) meteorite fell in Kurdufan, Sudan, on the 8th February, 2001.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56650759/al-zarnkh-meteorite/

The Sayh al Uhaymir 094 Mars Meteorite was discovered in Oman on the 8th February 2001
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/sau094.html